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They all translate to the same thing: business, enterprise, etc. Most
sentences I've found online seem to use them interchangeably (at least, as far
as I can tell), and they are all very common words. An entry for any of the
given words in a monolingual dictionary uses one of the other two in the
definition, which is really annoying.

So what is the difference between 事業, 企業, and 会社?
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word-choice nuances
Difference between 事業, 企業, and 会社?
In my understanding

  * 事業 is more like a specific job that a person does for a company or the specific task or service that a company can perform.
  * 企業 can be more specifically translated as "enterprise"... like "Enterprise Technology and Services". You wouldn't say "the 企業 that I work at". 
  * 会社 is the general term for a business or your place of work. "My company". ie: 株式会社 = a corporation. 

職場 (workplace) or 仕事 (job) can be used in place of 会社 in certain situations
like:

  * He's still at work. まだ会社（職場）に居ます。
  * He quit his job. 会社（仕事）を辞めた。

法人 can also mean "Enterprise" or "Business" similarly to 企業 but is usually
used to differentiate between a service or rule that applies to companies
rather than individuals (個人）

I'll try to add more 類語 as I think of them.
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