biz

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noun Informal.

business: How's the used car biz these days? Her brother's in show biz.

Origin of biz

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; by shortening and respelling

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Examples from the Web for biz

Contemporary Examples

Biz Stone, a Twitter co-founder, wants to help you find an answer.
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Brian Ries
January 10, 2014
I think they were just comparing notes and laying down some tracks, as they say in the biz.
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Marlow Stern
November 22, 2013
So they say in “the biz” that the mood on set is set by the director.
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Kevin Fallon
October 18, 2013
They spent the whole night regaling me with their insane stories about the biz.
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Noah Charney
August 21, 2013
And then, after leaving the whole industry behind 15 years ago, finding himself now itching to get back into the biz again.
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Kevin Fallon
July 16, 2013

Historical Examples

I've a man at hand that will swallow your lines and biz in half an hour.
Despair's Last Journey
David Christie Murray
Before he had been a week in camp they found that he knew his biz, and they made him a sergeant.
The Brigade Commander
J. W. Deforest
The case is jes this, 'n' you know it: it's our biz to do anybody out o' our class.
Tramping with Tramps
Josiah Flynt
Him an' me took to the book-agentin' biz the same day, we did.
Kilo
Ellis Parker Butler
Now, take a ton of email that's not spam -- in the biz, they call that "ham" -- and do the same.
Little Brother
Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for biz

biz¹

noun

informal short for business

biz²

the internet domain name for

a business

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for biz

n.

1862, American English, colloquial and phonetic shortening of business.

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Examples from the Web for biz

Contemporary Examples

Biz Stone, a Twitter co-founder, wants to help you find an answer.

I think they were just comparing notes and laying down some tracks, as they say in the biz.

So they say in “the biz” that the mood on set is set by the director.

They spent the whole night regaling me with their insane stories about the biz.

And then, after leaving the whole industry behind 15 years ago, finding himself now itching to get back into the biz again.

Historical Examples

I've a man at hand that will swallow your lines and biz in half an hour.

Before he had been a week in camp they found that he knew his biz, and they made him a sergeant.

The case is jes this, 'n' you know it: it's our biz to do anybody out o' our class.

Him an' me took to the book-agentin' biz the same day, we did.

Now, take a ton of email that's not spam -- in the biz, they call that "ham" -- and do the same.

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Word Origin and History for biz

n.

Origin of biz

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