The etymology of "business" relates to the [[state]] of being busy either as an [[individual]] or [[society]] as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the singular usage (above) to mean a particular company or corporation, the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as "the music business" and compound forms such as agribusiness, or the broadest meaning to include all [[activity]] by the [[community]] of suppliers of goods and services. However, the exact definition of business, like much else in the philosophy of business, is a matter of [[debate]]. | The etymology of "business" relates to the [[state]] of being busy either as an [[individual]] or [[society]] as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the singular usage (above) to mean a particular company or corporation, the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as "the music business" and compound forms such as agribusiness, or the broadest meaning to include all [[activity]] by the [[community]] of suppliers of goods and services. However, the exact definition of business, like much else in the philosophy of business, is a matter of [[debate]]. |