business

  • 51business — See: do the business, have no business, land office business, mean business, monkey business, the business …

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  • 52business — noun 1》 a person s regular occupation or trade.     ↘work to be done or matters to be attended to. 2》 a person s concern. 3》 commercial activity.     ↘a commercial organization. 4》 informal a matter: the business of trying to find her mother. 5》… …

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  • 53business — This term is overworked as an approximate synonym for commerce, traffic, trade, industry, calling, vocation, company, firm, duty, or employment. Expressions such as to mean business, get down to business, mind one s own business, and have no… …

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  • 54business — 1. n a hypodermic syringe. A drug user s euphemism. 2. n an act of defecation. To do one s business was a nursery expression epit omising Victorian notions of duty and hygiene. 3. n the business British a thrashing, a thorough dressing down or… …

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  • 55business — noun 1) Bill s business is electrical engineering Syn: work, line of work, occupation, profession, career, employment, job, position; vocation, calling; field, sphere, trade, métier, craft; informal biz, racket, game …

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  • 56business — noun 1) she has to smile in her business Syn: work, occupation, profession, career, employment, job, position 2) who do you do business with? Syn: trade, commerce, dealing, traffic …

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  • 57business —    Oihana, hana, kuleana, pikineki.    ♦ Official or government business, hana o ke aupuni.    ♦ To transact business, ho oholo i ka hana, lawelawe oihana.    ♦ None of your business! Iā oe ia wahi!    ♦ You have no business there, a ohe ou… …

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  • 58business — see business before pleasure business is war everybody’s business is nobody’s business punctuality is the soul of business …

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  • 59business — bu·si·ness s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} attività economica, spec. di grande rilievo, molto redditizia: entrare in un grande business, il business delle telecomunicazioni | anche con riferimento a rilevanti attività illegali: il business della …

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  • 60business — The work in which one is regularly or usually engaged, the activity in which he spends the major portion of his time, and from which he makes a living. La Belle v Hennepin County Bar Asso. 206 Minn 290,288 NW 788,125 ALR 1023; a commercial… …

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