business

business
busi•ness
[[t]ˈbɪz nɪs[/t]] n.
1) bus an occupation, profession, or trade
2) bus the purchase and sale of goods in an attempt to make a profit
3) bus a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in commerce, manufacturing, or a service
4) bus volume of trade; patronage or custom
5) bus a store, office, factory, etc., where commerce is carried on
6) that with which a person is principally and seriously concerned:
Words are a writer's business[/ex]
7) something with which a person is rightfully concerned:
Their decision is none of my business[/ex]
8) affair; project:
fed up with the whole business[/ex]
9) the business
a) harsh or duplicitous treatment
b) a severe scolding:
to give someone the business[/ex]
10) sbz
Also called stage business a movement or gesture used by an actor to create an effect.
11) cvb excrement: used as a euphemism
12) of or pertaining to business or its procedures
13) suitable for or conducive to doing business
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Etymology: bef. 950; ME; OE bisignes. See busy, -ness

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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