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Business is any activity that is intended to create value and income. This includes elements such as firms, small businesses, professions and trades. The opposite of business includes value creation that isn't for profit such as government services, volunteering or a hobby. Antonyms also include actions that don't create value such as consumption or leisure. The following are common opposites of business.
bureaucracy | charity | citizenry | city | client | club | command economy | communism | community | consumer | consumption | country | culture | customer | diversion | diy | downtime | entertainment | environment | family | folk | free time | friendship | government | hobby | holiday | idleness | inactivity | interest | jobless | land | leisure | lumpenproletariat | nation | non-government organization | non-market | non-revenue | non-trade | nonbusiness | noncommercial | nonfinancial | nonprofit | not-for-profit | occupation | officialdom | pastime | people | personal | philanthropy | play | pleasure | politics | populace | public | public good | public services | public-spirited | pursuit | recreation | red tape | regulations | relaxation | rent-seeking | social | socialism | society | spare time | speculation | stagnation | stakeholder | state | time off | uncommercialized | unemployment | union | user | volunteering |
NotesOccupation indicates the primary way that someone spends their time and often includes non-business pursuits such as a student, homemaker or retiree.
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