businesslike

busi·ness·like

 (bĭz′nĭs-līk′)

adj.

1. Showing or having characteristics advantageous to or of use in business; methodical and systematic.

2. Purposeful; earnest.

3. Practical; unemotional: The couple maintained a businesslike attitude toward their divorce.

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businesslike

(ˈbɪznɪsˌlaɪk)

adj

1. efficient and methodical

2. earnest or severe

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busi•ness•like

(ˈbɪz nɪsˌlaɪk)

adj.

1. showing attributes prized in business, as practicality, thoroughness, and purposefulness.

2. efficient but impersonal.

[1785–95]

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	businesslike - exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business efficient - being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas"
	2.	businesslike - not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal earnest purposeful - serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal

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businesslike

adjective efficient, professional, practical, regular, correct, organized, routine, thorough, systematic, orderly, matter-of-fact, methodical, well-ordered, workaday Mr Penn sounds quite businesslike.
disorderly, irregular, careless, inefficient, sloppy, frivolous, impractical, unprofessional, disorganized, unsystematic

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businesslike

adjective

Marked by sober sincerity:

earnest, no-nonsense, serious, sobersided.

Idiom: in earnest.

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Translations

مُنَظَّم، بِطَريقَةٍ عَمَليَّه

praktickývěcnývýkonný

forretningsagtig

geschäftsmäßig

sérieux

skipulegur, markviss

efficiente

forretningsmessigsystematisk

işbilirpratik

有效率的有条理的

businesslike

[ˈbɪznɪslaɪk] ADJ [approach, transaction, firm, person, manner] → formal, serio

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businesslike

[ˈbɪznɪslaɪk] adj [person] → sérieux/euse, efficace; [way] → professionnel(le)business loan n → prêt m professionnelbusiness lunch n → déjeuner m d'affaires

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businesslike

adj person, firm (= good at doing business) → geschäftstüchtig; person, manner → geschäftsmäßig; transaction → geschäftlich; (= efficient) person, prose → kühl und sachlich, nüchtern; I want something businesslike (when buying clothes) → ich möchte etwas Schickes für die Arbeit

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businesslike

[ˈbɪznɪsˌlaɪk] adj (approach, transaction) → efficiente; (firm, company) → serio/a; (person, manner) → pratico/a, efficiente

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business

(ˈbiznis) noun

1. occupation; buying and selling. Selling china is my business; The shop does more business at Christmas than at any other time. besigheid, beroep مِهْنَةٌ، وَظيفَه، عَمَل работа negócio zaměstnání, obchodování das Geschäft forretning εργασία, ασχολία, δουλειέςnegocio äri(tegevus), firma شغل؛ حرفه liiketoiminta métier; affaire עֲסָקִים उद्योग posao foglalkozás, üzlet pekerjaan starf; verslun, viðskipti affari, attività 商売 거래, 매매 užsiėmimas, komercinė veikla, prekyba, verslas nodarbošanās; bizness; tirdzniecība urus niaga handel, zaken yrke, forretning; handel; bransjezajęcie, działalność gospodarcza شغل، مسلک negócio afacere; meserie бизнес; торговля zamestnanie, obchodovanie posel, kupčija poslovanje bransch, yrke, affärer, handel ธุรกิจ iş, ticaret 本行，生意 справа; комерційна діяльність خریدوفروخت کا کاروبار công việc; kinh doanh 商业，生意

2. a shop, a firm. He owns his own business. besigheid, firma تِجارَه، مُؤَسّّسَةٌ تِجارِيَّه، دُكّان бизнес negócio obchod, podnik das Geschäft forretning; virksomhed; firma επιχείρησηnegocio, empresa äri محل کسب yritys affaireעסק व्यापार firma üzlet, vállalkozás perusahaan fyrirtæki attività, lavoro, occupazione 企業 회사, 상점 firma tirdzniecības uzņēmums; firma perniagaan bedrijfbutikk, forretning, bedriftinteres, sklep, przedsiębiorstwo د کار ځای، د کسب ځای negócio magazin; firmă магазин; фирма; бизнес obchod, podnik podjetje posao affär, företag, firma ร้าน dükkân, iş yeri, firma 商家行號 торговельне підприємство, фірма ایک دوکان ، ایک کمپنی công ty; cửa hàng 商店

3. concern. Make it your business to help him; Let's get down to business (= Let's start the work etc that must be done). besigheid شَأْن، مُهِمَّه، اهْتِمام работа assunto záležitost, úkol, povinnost, věc die Angelegenheit opgave; sag; arbejde υπόθεση, δουλειάasunto asi وظیفه؛ مسئولیت asia affaireעניין व्यवसाय briga dolog urusan mál, málefni affari 仕事 일, 본업 reikalas pienākums; darīšana; lieta memulakan dengan bersungguh-sungguh zaakoppgave, saksprawa دنده ، مسوولیت assunto treabă; afacere обязанность; дело záležitosť, vec opravilo, delo dužnost åtaga sig, komma till saken ธุระ mesele, iş, sorun 關心的事 справа, діло کام ، شغل công việc 关心的事

ˈbusinesslike adjective

practical; alert and prompt. a businesslike approach to the problem; She is very businesslike. saaklik مُنَظَّم، بِطَريقَةٍ عَمَليَّه делови prático věcný, praktický, výkonný geschäftsmäßig forretningsagtig πρακτικός, μεθοδικόςformal, profesional asjalik کاری؛ جدی و با پشتکار asiallinen sérieux, professionnelענייני कामकाजी poslovan gyakorlatias serius, cekatan skipulegur, markviss efficiente, pratico 実務的な 실무적인 dalykiškas lietišķs; praktisks serius zakelijkforretningsmessig, effektiv, systematisksolidny, rzeczowy کاریګر، له جدیت سره کار کول، تکړه په کار کی prático precis; practic деловой praktický, výkonný posloven poslovan affärsmässig, praktisk เหมือนธุรกิจ işbilir, pratik 處事務實的，機警迅速的 діловий, практичний معاملے کا ، ڈھنگ کا thạo việc 有条理的，有效率的

ˈbusinessman – feminine ˈbusinesswoman – noun

a person who makes a living from some form of trade or commerce, not from one of the professions. sakeman, sakevrou رَجُل أعْمال бизнесмен comerciante obchodník, podnikatel der/die Geschäftsmann/-frau forretningsmand επιχειρηματίαςhombre de negocios, empresario; mujer de negocios, empresaria ärimees, ärinaine کاسب؛ تاجر liikemies homme/femme d'affaires אִיש עֲסָקִים व्यापारी poslovan čovjek üzletember usahawan kaupsÿslumaður/-kona uomo/donna d'affari 実業家 실업가 komersantas, biznierius biznesmenis; komersants ahli perniagaan zakenman forretningsmann/-kvinne człowiek interesu, przedsiębiorca بزګر، کاسب comerciante om de afaceri бизнесмен obchodník, -čka poslovnež biznismen affärsman นักธุรกิจ işadamı 商人 комерсант, бізнесмен کاروباری آدمی nhà doanh nghiệp; thương gia 商人

on business

in the process of doing business or something official. met/op besigheid في مُهِمَّه / شُغْل по работа em serviço v obchodní záležitosti, služebně geschäftlich i forretningsøjemed σε δουλειές en viaje de negocios; de servicio äriasjus مشغول کار و کسب بودن työasialla pour affaires בְּעִנְייָנֵי עֲסָקִים काम पर poslovanje hivatalosan, üzleti úton urusan resmi í viðskiptaerindum per affari 仕事で 볼일이 있어, 업무로 su reikalais darīšanās berurus niaga voor zaken på forretningsoppdrag, på forretningsreise, i forretningsøyemed służbowo, w interesach په کار اوکسب کی مصروف اوسیدل em serviço în interes de serviciu по делу obchodne poslovno poslom i affärer, i ett affärsärende ระหว่างทำธุรกิจ çalışıyor olma 洽商 у справі کاروباری ، سرکاری nhằm mục đích kinh doanh 因公

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