🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

azienda

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aˈtsjɛn.da

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Business/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Lavora per una grande azienda internazionale."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The activity of buying, selling, or producing goods and services for profit.

    "She started her own online retail business last year."
  2. 2

    A commercial enterprise, establishment, or company.

    "The family-run bakery is a very successful local business."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'business' originates from the Old English 'bisignis', which means 'care' or 'anxiety'. Over time, it evolved through Middle English as 'bisinesse', referring to 'a state of being busy'. The modern sense of commerce and trade developed in the 16th century.

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