biz

[biz]

noun

Informal.

1. business.

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

biz

¹

/ bɪz /

noun

1. informal,  short for business

biz

²

abbreviation

1. a business

Word History and Origins

Origin of biz¹

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

Example Sentences

It’s also the worst kept secret in the biz—because of time constraints, producers often create a fake house-hunt built around a purchase that has already happened.

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Besides, as they say in the fitness biz, the results speak for themselves.

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Now, he’s stepping into the turbulent, you-have-to-laugh-to-keep-from-crying experience of being in the newspaper biz.

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Gifford, who was in the room, asked to speak to Herles’ mother, a Peruvian immigrant with slim knowledge of the entertainment biz at the time.

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"The rest, I guess, is well known music biz history," Mr Haynes added.

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