Reverse Dictionary: BUSINESS

ADJECTIVES
1603 — NEGOTIOUS involving, or given to, business or occupation → obs.
1825 — HAGGERIN AND SWAGGERIN having a poor head for business affairs → Sc.
.M19 — DOING DAB doing badly in business → sl.
1943 — FATHER-AND-SON of a business enterprise: small → Amer. dial.
1970 — OVER THE SIDE engaged in private business or sexual liaisons during duty hours → UK sl., orig. naval usage
1972 — MA AND PA of a business: small-scale, family-owned → US sl.
1999 — B2B of a business transaction: between two businesses → US sl.

NOUNS
1000 — NEEDS one’s business errands or business → obs.
1474 — BESOIGNE business, affair, duties, ado → obs.
1545 — GEAR business, affair, a matter → obs.
1553 — BURSE a meeting-place of merchants for transaction of business; an Exchange → obs.
1580 — NEGOTIATION a business transaction; a matter of private occupation or business → obs.
1588 — FEAT a business transaction → obs.
1594 — OCCASIONS business, affairs → obs.
1603 — NEGOCY business affairs → obs.
1697 — NEGOCE business affairs, commerce; conversation → obs.
1737 — THRANG → THRONG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1798 — THRIFT business, work, occupation, employment → Sc.
..19C — LARK a line of business → sl.
..19C — TAFFLE a confused business transaction or argument → Eng. dial.
1822 — INTROMISSION the conduct of any piece of business → Sc.
1838 — DEAL a business transaction; a trade or a bargain → US
1850 — BIDNESS business → African-American sl.
1853 — PUT IN  one’s affair or business; usually in negative contexts → US colloq.
1854 — BIRD’S-EGGING business, one’s affairs → Amer. dial. arch.
1861 — BIZ → BIZZ business → US sl.
1877 — GAME business, interest, a calling → sl., orig. US
1882 — RAT HOUSE a business which employs non-union workers or pays workers at less than the usual rate 
1889 — RAT FIRM a business which employs non-union workers or pays workers at less than the usual rate 
1898 — BESOGNE business, affairs → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 — PALAVER business; any activity or business that is complicated or annoying → UK sl.
..20C — BIZZO business → Aust. sl.
..20C — FLIER → FLYER a speculative business transaction → chiefly US
..20C — PALAVERMENT business, concern, goings-on 
1905 — VAKE a piece of business; a muddle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1932 — OVERTOWN the business section of a city → Amer. dial.
1969 — BIZZO business → Aust. sl.
1970 — DAISY CHAIN in business: a situation where a group of 3 or more companies conspire together at the public’s expense → sl.
1975 — BLOOMER a location where, or a day when, business is bad; a poorly attended show or place of business; a business failure → US sl., orig. circus usage (Bk.)
1976 — DOWNER a downward trend in business or the economy → sl.
1980 — GROUP GROPE in business: a usually confused business meeting or similar occasion at which the participants subtly attempt to ascertain one another’s ideas or intentions → Amer. sl.
1980 — POISON PILL any financial stratagem that causes a company to be unattractive to takeover bidders → Amer. business & finance sl.
1981 — SKIM MONEY money taken from an enterprise’s net proceeds before any accounting of the proceeds → US sl.
1984 — BIG BLUE IBM corporation → US sl.
1988 — SKIM money stolen from a business or enterprise, skimmed from the business funds like cream from milk → sl.
1990 — GIPSY’S DEAL → GYPSY’S DEAL a business deal that never actually materializes → US sl.
1994 — SHIT business → US sl.
2003 — TRADE-RAGE an outburst of enraged hostility within a business environment → UK sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1598 — NEGOTIATOR a businessman; a trader → obs.
1844 — SHYSTER a crooked businessman → sl.
1892 — BIG WHEEZE a senior business figure → US sl.
..L19 — MONEYBAG LORD a successful businessman or an ennobled millionaire → sl.
1900 — SHERLOCK a crooked businessman → sl.
1900 — SHYLOCK a crooked businessman → sl.
1908 — BUSINESS DOCTOR a man who gives advice upon the proper conduct of business → US
1913 — CURBSTONER a person who carries on business at the curbstone → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1927 — GANEF → GANOF an unethical businessman; a person, who, though not a professional thief, will take advantage of another when in a position to do so → Amer. sl.
1960 — TOPSIDER a high executive officer, manager, etc. → US sl.
1969 — BUSINESS GURU a person with influential ideas or theories about business 
1976 — HARD MAN an uncompromising businessman or politician → UK sl.
1978 — BLACK KNIGHT a person making an unwelcome attempt to takeover another company → business sl.
1979 — SUIT a business executive, or anyone who wears a business suit at work → sl., orig. US, derogatory
1980 — MEN IN SUITS senior managers, usually those in finance and administration rather than in creative posts → sl.
1990 — ASTRONAUT a ‘high-flying’ business person; esp. one who remains working in one country (typically in East Asia) after his or her family has emigrated to another and who frequently commutes between the two → sl.
1990 — DANGLER a businessman → African-American sl.
2000 — BIG SWINGING DICK an aggressively powerful businessman → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2002 — GAFFLER a business person; a thief → African-American sl.

VERBS
1601 — HAVE EGGS ON THE SPIT to have business in hand 
1601 — NEGOTIATE to do business or trade; to traffic → obs.
..L19 — TALK SHOP to talk business, to discuss a deal → sl.
1955 — EAT in business: to absorb a business loss, expenses, etc. → US sl.
1974 — FOLD to go out of business owing to lack of funds; to come to an end → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1980 — CUT IN to seize a share of a business or enterprise → US sl.