Usually means: Entertainment industry for performance arts.
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  1. show business: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. show business: Merriam-Webster
  3. show business: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. show business: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. show business: Collins English Dictionary
  6. show business: Vocabulary.com
  7. show-business: Wordnik
  8. show business: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. show business: Wiktionary
  10. show business: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. show business: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. show business: Dictionary.com
  13. Show Business (album), Show Business (magazine), Show Business (novel), Show business (disambiguation), Show business: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. show business: Rhymezone
  15. show business, show business (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. show business: FreeDictionary.org
  17. show business: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. show business: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. show business: Encyclopedia

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  1. Show Business: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Show business)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of showbusiness. [The entertainment industry.]

Similar:
show biz, entertainment industry, showbiz, showbusiness, showbizzery, stage play, floor show, the business, musical theatre, dumb-show, more...

Opposite:
non-entertainment, non-performance, non-showbiz

Phrases:
There's No Business Like Show Business, show business turkeys, more...

Adjectives:
starring, model, responsible, front office, business, number two, stagestruck, docent, broadway, token, theatregoing



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Similar:
show biz, entertainment industry, showbiz, showbusiness, showbizzery, stage play, floor show, the business, musical theatre, dumb-show, more...

Opposite:
non-entertainment, non-performance, non-showbiz

Phrases:
There's No Business Like Show Business, show business turkeys, more...

Adjectives:
starring, model, responsible, front office, business, number two, stagestruck, docent, broadway, token, theatregoing



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