Meaning & use
studio business
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Meanings
nouncountable
A company or way of earning money that runs a place where films, music, art, or programs are made.
Grammar: Countable, so you can say a studio business or two studio businesses; it is often used with run, start, or build.
Patterns
- run a studio business
- start a studio business
- a small studio business
She left her office job to run a small studio business with two friends.
Their studio business earns most of its money from recording jingles for ads.
Running a studio business means paying for space, gear, and insurance every month.
noununcountable
The commercial side of a studio: getting clients, setting prices, and making a profit.
Grammar: Used without an or a when it means the activity of managing money and clients rather than one company.
Patterns
- the studio business
- learn the studio business
- be good at the studio business
He is a great photographer but he never learned the studio business.
Half of the studio business is simply answering emails and chasing invoices.
She teaches young artists the studio business as well as technique.
nouncountable
A studio that a person or family owns and operates as their main source of income.
Grammar: Countable and often used after a possessive: my studio business, the family's studio business.
Patterns
- a family studio business
- my own studio business
- grow a studio business
Their studio business started in a spare bedroom and now fills a whole warehouse.
He treats the studio business as a craft he is still learning.
When the lease went up, the studio business had to raise its hourly rate.
Word forms
| plural | studio businesses |
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Common combinations
- run a studio business
- It is hard to run a studio business alone when you also teach classes.
- a small studio business
- A small studio business can survive on a few regular clients.
- start a studio business
- They saved for two years before they could start a studio business.
- the studio business side
- She handles the studio business side while he does the creative work.
- studio business owner
- As a studio business owner, you set your own hours and your own prices.
Synonyms and how they differ
- studio
- Means the room or the company itself; use it for the place, and studio business when you mean how it makes money.
- business
- Much broader and can be any trade; studio business narrows it to one based in a studio.
- enterprise
- More formal and often suggests a new or bold venture, while studio business is neutral and plain.
Word family
- studio noun
- A room where an artist, photographer, or broadcaster works.
- business noun
- The activity of buying and selling, or a company that does this.
- businesslike adjective
- Efficient and practical in the way you work.
- businessman noun
- A man who works in business, especially as an owner or manager.
Commonly confused: studio business or business studio?
studio business vs business studio
Not a normal phrase in English; it sounds like a studio that belongs to a business. Keep the order studio business for the company or activity.
Practice
Which sentence uses "studio business" most naturally?
Choose one answer.
"Studio business" is a compound noun meaning a business based in a studio, so it fits directly after "runs." Option 2 reverses the words into an unnatural phrase, option 3 adds a possessive that changes the meaning to one studio's affairs, and option 4 invents an adverb that does not exist.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “studio business”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.