Business Definition–noun | 1. | an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 4. | volume of trade; patronage: Most of the store's business comes from local families. |
| 5. | 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. |
| 6. | that with which a person is principally and seriously concerned: Words are a writer's business. |
| 7. | something with which a person is rightfully concerned: What they are doing is none of my business. |
| 8. | affair; project: We were exasperated by the whole business. |
| 9. | an assignment or task; chore: It's your business to wash the dishes now. |
| 10. | 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. |
| 11. | excrement: used as a euphemism. |
–adjective | 12. | of, noting, or pertaining to business, its organization, or its procedures. |
| 13. | containing, suitable for, or welcoming business or commerce: New York is a good business town. |
—Idioms| 14. | 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 outdo
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| 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. |
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| 18. | have no business, to have no right: You have no business coming into this house. |
| 19. | 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. |
| 20. | 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. |
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Idea Definition–noun | 1. | any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity. |
| 2. | a thought, conception, or notion: That is an excellent idea. |
| 3. | an impression: He gave me a general idea of how he plans to run the department. |
| 4. | an opinion, view, or belief: His ideas on raising children are certainly strange. |
| 5. | a plan of action; an intention: the idea of becoming an engineer. |
| 6. | a groundless supposition; fantasy. |
| 7. | Philosophy. | a. | a concept developed by the mind. |
| b. | a conception of what is desirable or ought to be; ideal. |
| c. | (initial capital
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| 8. | Music. a theme, phrase, or figure. |
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