an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
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the purchase and sale of goods in an attempt to make a profit.
3.
a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in commerce, manufacturing, or a service; profit-seeking enterprise or concern.
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volume of trade; patronage: Most of the store's business comes from local families.
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a building or site where commercial work is carried on, as a factory, store, or office; place of work: His business is on the corner of Broadway and Elm Street.
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that with which a person is principally and seriously concerned: Words are a writer's business.
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something with which a person is rightfully concerned: What they are doing is none of my business.
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affair; project: We were exasperated by the whole business.
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an assignment or task; chore: It's your business to wash the dishes now.
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Also called piece of business, stage business.Theater. a movement or gesture, esp. a minor one, used by an actor to give expressiveness, drama, detail, etc., to a scene or to help portray a character.
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excrement: used as a euphemism.
–adjective
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of, noting, or pertaining to business, its organization, or its procedures.
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containing, suitable for, or welcoming business or commerce: New York is a good business town.
—Idioms
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business is business, profit has precedence over personal considerations: He is reluctant to fire his friend, but business is business.
15.
do one's business, (usually of an animal or child) to defecate or urinate: housebreaking a puppy to do his business outdoors.
16.
get down to business, to apply oneself to serious matters; concentrate on work: They finally got down to business and signed the contract.
17.
give someone the business, Informal.
a.
to make difficulties for someone; treat harshly: Instead of a straight answer they give him the business with a needless run-around.
b.
to scold severely; give a tongue-lashing to: The passengers will give the bus driver the business if he keeps driving so recklessly.
18.
have no business, to have no right: You have no business coming into this house.
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mean business, to propose to take action or be serious in intent; be in earnest: By the fire in his eye we knew that he meant business.
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mind one's own business, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others: When he inquired about the noise coming from the neighbor's apartment, he was told to mind his own business.
Cards. the number of basic tricks or cards that must be taken before any trick or card counts in the score.
11.
a set or packet of tickets, checks, stamps, matches, etc., bound together like a book.
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anything that serves for the recording of facts or events: The petrified tree was a book of Nature.
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Sports. a collection of facts and information about the usual playing habits, weaknesses, methods, etc., of an opposing team or player, esp. in baseball: The White Sox book on Mickey Mantle cautioned pitchers to keep the ball fast and high.
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Stock Exchange.
a.
the customers served by each registered representative in a brokerage house.
b.
a loose-leaf binder kept by a specialist to record orders to buy and sell stock at specified prices.
in one's bad books, out of favor; disliked by someone: He's in the boss's bad books.
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in one's book, in one's personal judgment or opinion: In my book, he's not to be trusted.
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in one's good books, in favor; liked by someone.
43.
like a book, completely; thoroughly: She knew the area like a book.
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make book,
a.
to accept or place the bets of others, as on horse races, esp. as a business.
b.
to wager; bet: You can make book on it that he won't arrive in time.
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off the books, done or performed for cash or without keeping full business records: esp. as a way to avoid paying income tax, employment benefits, etc.: Much
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of his work as a night watchman is done off the books.
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one for the book or books, a noteworthy incident; something extraordinary: The daring rescue was one for the book.
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on the books, entered in a list or record: He claims to have graduated from Harvard, but his name is not on the books.
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throw the book at, Informal.
a.
to sentence (an offender, lawbreaker, etc.) to the maximum penalties for all charges against that person.
b.
to punish or chide severely.
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without book,
a.
from memory.
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without authority: to punish without book.
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write the book, to be the prototype, originator, leader, etc., of: So far as investment banking is concerned, they wrote the book.
mail-order business method of merchandising in which the seller's offer is made through mass mailing of a circular or catalog or through an advertisement placed in a newspaper or magazine and in which the buyer places ...
book club marketing service whereby potential book buyers subscribe to free periodicals describing available books, which are sold by order or by "negative option" (see below) and then distributed by mail.
World Book Encyclopedia, The American encyclopaedia designed to meet the curriculum needs of elementary through high-school students. It is published in Chicago, Ill.
Blue Book, The annually revised publication listing notable persons in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States; those listed are considered leaders of the English-speaking ...
business organization L.C.B. Gower, Gower's Principles of Modern Company Law, 4th ed. (1979); Robert R. Pennington, Company Law, 4th ed. (1979); and Robert R. Pennington and Frank Wooldridge, Company Law in the European ...
Media and Publishing The European book industry continued to suffer a period of considerable uncertainty in 1995. In the U.K. a variety of strategic responses were adopted in response to sluggish sales, the breakdown of ...
Media and Publishing The controversy over resale price maintenance (rpm) in Europe was not resolved in 1998. It resurfaced in Germany as a result of a complaint to the European Commission (EC) by Austrian retailing group ...
Media and Publishing In July 1999 the outgoing European Commission failed by a slight margin to muster the majority needed to proceed with measures that would outlaw the 110-year-old price-fixing agreement that ...
Media and Publishing While the Net Book Agreement (NBA) all but completely collapsed in the U.K., during 1996--in part because of the threat posed by a flood of cheap U.S. titles coming from The Netherlands--Belgium, ...
Media and Publishing The global book market continued its process of consolidation in 1997. A notable deal involved Pearson PLC, which bought Putnam Berkley for $336 million from MCA, the media group controlled by ...
E-Travel Blackboard - Found 12 hours ago Airline of the United Arab Emirates BOOK ANYTIME! Departures now valid from Melbourne! Destination PEARL Zone (Business Class) CORAL Zone...
Orange County Business Journal - Found Dec. 26, 2008 The 2009 Book of Lists-the Business Journal's annual compliation of our weekly lists-is included with Monday's edition of the paper for subscribers. ...
24-7PressRelease.com - Found Dec. 25, 2008 Participants in the One Day Program receive: The One Page Business Plan Book with interactive CD - Choice between 4 titles: Entrepreneur...
NetworkWorld - Found Dec. 22, 2008 Jacobs is interested in making big changes to contacts in Address Book. He writes: Recently, a large company I do business with moved its... Bulk edit Address Book data - Macworld Bulk Edit Address Book Data - PC World Explore All
Huffington Post - Found Dec. 20, 2008 By now we know the book business could be spiraling into the trash heap of history along with the CD business and the US auto industry.
Southern Daily Echo - Found Dec. 30, 2008 ... programmes and our book selection ensure competitive advantage by keeping the executives permanently up to date with the latest business...
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