Meanings
nounbiz (countable and uncountable, plural bizzes)
plural bizzes
- countableslanguncountableBusiness, especially showbusiness.
Relieving office here. Good biz for cheapjacks, organs. What do ye lack?
1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC1 more example
Conrad Verner: So, you're alive, huh? I hear it goes like that in the biz. Why don't you sit back and watch how it's done? I've got some asses to kick.
2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Illium
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*bisīg
- Old Englishbisiġ
- Old Englishbisiġnes
- Middle Englishbisynes
- Englishbusinessclip.
- Englishbiz
Clipping of business.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with biz
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
biz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biz
MLA
“biz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biz. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biz,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biz.
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