–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 b69 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 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.

19.	mean business, to propose to take action or be serious in intent; be in earnest: By the fire in his eye we knew t aa5 hat 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.

–noun, plural -ties.

1.	an appropriate or favorable time or occasion: Their meeting afforded an opportunity to exchange views.

2.	a situation or condition favorable for attainment of a goal.

3.	a good position, chance, or prospect, as for advancement or success.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.

2.	to produce; cause to exist or happen; bring about: to make trouble; to make war.

3.	to cause to be or become; render: to make someone happy.

4.	to appoint or name: The President made her his special envoy.

5.	to put in the proper condition or state, as for use; fix; prepare: to make a bed; t aa5 o make dinner.

6.	to bring into a certain form: to make bricks out of clay.

7.	to convert from one state, condition, category, etc., to another: to make a virtue of one's vices.

8.	to cause, induce, or compel: to make a horse jump a barrier.

9.	to give rise to; occasion: It's not worth making a fuss over such a trifle.

10.	to produce, earn, or win for oneself: to make a good salary; to make one's fortune in oil.

11.	to write or compose: to make a short poem for the occasion.

12.	to draw up, as a legal document; draft: to make a will.

13.	to do; effect: to make a bargain.

14.	to establish or enact; put into existence: to make laws.

15.	to become by development; prove to be: You'll make a good lawyer.

16.	to form in the mind, as a judgment or estimate: to make a decision.

17.	to judge or interpret, as to the truth, nature, meaning, etc. (often fol. by of): What do you make of it?

18.	to estimate; reckon: to make the distance at ten miles.

19.	to bring together separate parts so as to produce a whole; compose; form: to make a matched set.

20.	to amount to; bring up the total to: Two plus two makes four. That makes an even dozen.

21.	to serve as: to make good reading.

22.	to be sufficient to constitute: One story does not make a writer.

23.	to be adequate or suitable for: This wool will make a warm sweater.

24.	to assure the success or fortune of: a deal that could make or break him; Seeing her made my day.

25.	to deliver, utter, or put forth: to make a stirring speech.

26.	to go or travel at a particular speed: to make 60 miles an hour.

27.	to arrive at or reach; attain: The ship made port on Friday. Do you think he'll make 80?

28.	to arrive in time for: to make the first show.

29.	to arrive in time to be a passenger on (a plane, boat, bus, train, etc.): If you hurry, you can make the next flight.

30.	Informal. to gain or acquire a position within: He made the big time.

31.	to receive mention or appear in or on: The robbery made the front page.

32.	to gain recognition or honor by winning a place or being chosen for inclusion in or on: The novel made the bestseller list. He made the all-American team three years in a row.

33.	Slang. to have sexual intercourse with.

34.	Cards. a. to name (the trump). b. to take a trick with (a card). c. Bridge. to fulfill or achieve (a contract or bid). d. to shuffle (the cards).

35.	to earn, as a score: The team made 40 points in the first half.

36.	Slang. (esp. in police and underworld use) a. to recognize or identify: Any cop in town will make you as soon as you walk down the street. b. to charge or cause to be charged with a crime: The police expect to make a couple of suspects soon.

37.	to close (an electric circuit).

38.	South Midland and Southern U.S. to plant and cultivate or produce (a crop): He makes some of the best corn in the country.

–verb (used without object) 39.

to cause oneself, or something understood, to be as specified: to make sure.

40.	to show oneself to be or seem in action or behavior (usually fol. by an adjective): to make merry.

41.	to be made, as specified: This fabric makes up into beautiful drapes.

42.	to move or proceed in a particular direction: They made after the thief.

43.	to rise, as the tide or water in a ship.

44.	South Midland and Southern U.S. (of a crop) to grow, develop, or mature: It looks like the corn's going to make pretty good this year.

45.	make down, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to rain or snow: It's making down hard.

46.	make fast, Chiefly Nautical. to fasten or secure.

47.	make shut, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to close: Make the door shut.

–noun

48.	the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.

49.	production with reference to the maker; brand: our own make.

50.	disposition; character; nature.

51.	the act or process of making.

52.	quantity made; output.

53.	Cards. the act of naming the trump, or the suit named as trump.

54.	Electricity. the closing of an electric circuit.

55.	Jewelry 3e8 . the excellence of a polished diamond with regard to proportion, symmetry, and finish.

56.	Slang. identifying information about a person or thing from police records: He radioed headquarters for a make on the car's license plate.

—Verb phrases

57.

make out, a. to write out or complete, as a bill or check. b. to establish; prove. c. to decipher; disce e53 rn. d. to imply, suggest, or impute: He made me out to be a liar. e. to manage; succeed: How are you making out in your new job? f. Slang. to engage in kissing and caressing; neck. g. Slang. to have sexual intercourse. h. Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to turn off or extinguish (esp. a light or fire): Make the light out.

58.	make over, a. to remodel; alter: to make over a dress; to make over a page layout. b. to transfer the title of (property); convey: After she retired she made over her property to her children and moved to Florida.

59.	make for, a. to go toward; approach: to make for home. b. to lunge at; attack. c. to help to promote or maintain: This incident will not make for better understanding between the warring factions.

60.	make off, a. to run away; depart hastily: The only witness to the accident made off before the police arrived. b. Nautical. to stand off from a coast, esp. a lee shore.

61.	make off with, to carry away; steal: While the family was away, thieves made off with most of their valuables.

62.	make on, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to turn on, light, or ignite (esp. a light or fire): Make the light on.

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63.

make up, a. (of parts) to constitute; compose; form. b. to put together; construct; compile. c. to concoct; invent. d. Also, make up for. to compensate for; make good. e. to complete. f. to put in order; arrange: The maid will make up the room. g. to conclude; decide. h. to settle amicably, as differences. i. to become reconciled, as after a quarrel. j. Printing. to arrange set type, illustrations, etc., into columns or pages. k. to dress in appropriate costume and apply cosmetics for a part on the stage. l. to apply cosmetics. m. to adjust or balance, as accounts; prepare, as statements. n. Education. to repeat (a course or examination that one has failed). o. Education. to take an examination that one had been unable to take when first given, usually because of absence. p. to specify and indicate the layout or arrangement of (columns, pages, etc., of matter to be printed). q. Atlantic States. (of the weather or clouds) to develop or gather: It's making up for a storm. r. Atlantic States. (of the sea) to become turbulent: If the sea makes up, row toward land.

64.	make up to, a. Informal. to try to become friendly with; fawn on. b. to make advances to; flirt with: He makes up to every new woman in the office.

—Idioms

65.	make a play for, to try to get: He made a play for his brother's girlfriend. They made a play for control of the compan f1b y's stock.

66.	make as if or as though, Informal. to act as if; pretend: We will make as if to leave, then come back and surprise him.

67.	make away with, a. to steal: The clerk made away with the cash and checks. b. to destroy; kill: He made away with his enemies. c. to get rid of. d. to consume, drink, or eat completely: The boys made away with the contents of the refrigerator.

68.	make believe, to pretend; imagine: The little girl dressed in a sheet and made believe she was a ghost.

69.	make bold or so bold, to have the temerity; be so rash; dare: May I make so bold as to suggest that you stand when they enter?

70.	make book, Slang. a. to take bets and give odds. b. to make a business of this.

71.	make colors, Nautical. to hoist an ensign, as on board a warship.

72.	make do, to function, manage, or operate, usually on a deprivation level with minimal requirements: During the war we had no butter or coffee, so we had to make do without them.

73.

make good, a. to provide restitution or reparation for: The bank teller made good the shortage and was given a light sentence. b. to succeed: Talent and training are necessary to make good in some fields. c. to fulfill: He made good on his promise. d. Navigation. to compute (a course) allowing for leeway and compass deviation.

74.	make heavy weather, a. Nautical. to roll and pitch in heavy seas. b. to progress laboriously; struggle, esp. to struggle needlessly: I am making heavy weather with my income tax return.

75.	make it, a. Informal. to achieve a specific goal: to make it to the train; to make it through college. b. Informal. to succeed in general: He'll never make it in business. c. Slang. to have sexual intercourse.

76.	make it so, Nautical. strike the ship's bell accordingly: said by the officer of the watch when the hour is announced.

77.	make like, Informal. to try or pretend to be like; imitate: I'm going to go out and make like a gardener.

78.	make one's manners, Southern U.S. a. to perform an appropriate or expected social courtesy. b. Older Use. to bow or curtsy.

79.	make sail, Nautical. a. to set sails. b. to brace the yards of a ship that has been hove to in order to make headway.

80.	make time. time (def. 52).

81.	make water, a. to urinate. b. Nautical. (of a hull) to leak.

82.	make with, Slang. a. to operate; use: Let's make with the feet. b. to bring about; provide or produce: He makes with the big ideas, but can't follow through.

83.	on the make, Informal. a. seeking to improve one's social or financial position, usually at the expense of others or of principle. b. increasing; advancing. c. Slang. seeking amorous or sexual relations: The park was swarming with sailors on the make.

84.	put the make on, Slang. to make sexual overtures to.

–noun

1.	any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.

2.	paper money.

3.	gold, silver, or other metal in pieces of convenient form stamped by public authority and issued as a medium of exchange and measure of value.

4.	any article or substance used as a medium of exchange, measure of wealth, or means of payment, as checks on demand deposit or cowrie.

5.	a particular form or denomination of currency.

6.	money of account.

7.	capital to be borrowed, loaned, or invested: mortgage money.

8.	an amount or sum of money: Did you bring some money?

9.	wealth considered in terms of money: She was brought up with money.

10.	moneys or monies, Chiefly Law. pecuniary sums.

11.	property considered with reference to its pecuniary value.

12.	pecuniary profit: not for love or money.

–adjective

13.	of or pertaining to money.

14.	used for carrying, keeping, or handling money: Have you seen my little money purse?

15.	of or pertaining to capital or finance: the money business.

—Idioms

16.	for one's money, Informal. with respect to one's opinion, choice, or wish: For my money, there's nothing to be gained by waiting.

17.	in the money, Informal. a. having a great deal of money; affluent: You can see he's in the money by all those clothes he buys. b. first, second, or third place in a contest, esp. a horse or dog race.

18.	make money, to make a profit or become rich: You'll never make money as a poet.

19.	on the money, Informal. a. at just the exact spot or time; on target: The space shuttle landed on the money at 9:55 a.m. b. exhibiting or done with great accuracy or expertise: His weather forecasts are always on the money. Also, right on the money.

20.	put one's money where one's mouth is, Informal. to prove the truth of one's words by actions or other evidence; demonstrate one's sincerity or integrity: Instead of bragging about your beautiful house, put your money where your mouth is and invite us over to see it.

–noun

1.	a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.

2.	the place in which one's domestic affections are centered.

3.	an institution for the homeless, sick, etc.: a nursing home.

4.	the dwelling place or retreat of an animal.

5.	the place or region where something is native or most common.

6.	any place of residence or refuge: a heavenly home.

7.	a person's native place or own country.

8.	(in games) the destination or goal.

9.	a principal base of operations or activities: The new stadium will be the home of the local football team.

10.	Baseball. home plate.

11.	Lacrosse. one of three attack positions nearest the opposing goal.

–adjective

12.	of, pertaining to, or connected with one's home or country; domestic: home products.

13.	principal or main: the corporation's home office.

14.	reaching the mark aimed at: a home thrust.

15.	Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: The pitcher didn't lose a single home game all season. Compare away (def. 11).

–adverb

16.	to, toward, or at home: to go home.

17.	deep; to the heart: The truth of the accusation struck home.

18.	to the mark or point aimed at: He drove the point home.

19.	Nautical. a. into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent: sai 3e8 ls sheeted home. b. in the proper, stowed position: The anchor is home. c. toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home.

–verb (used without object)

20.	to go or return home.

21.	(of guided missiles, aircraft, etc.) to proceed, esp. under control of an automatic aiming mechanism, toward a specified target, as a plane, missile, or location (often fol. by in on): The missile homed in on the target.

22.	to navigate toward a point by means of coordinates other than those given by altitudes.

23.	to have a home where specified; reside.

–verb (used with object)

24.	to bring or send home.

25.	to provide with a home.

26.	to direct, esp. under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc.

—Idioms

27.

at home, a. in one's own house or place of residence. b. in one's own town or country. c. prepared or willing to receive social visits: Tell him I'm not at home. We are always at home to her. d. in a situation familiar to one; at ease: She has a way of making everyone feel at home. e. well-informed; proficient: to be at home in the classics. f. played in one's hometown or on one's own grounds: The Yankees played two games at home and one away.

28.	bring home to, to make evident to; clarify or emphasize for: The irrevocability of her decision was brought home to her.

29.	home and dry, British Informal. having safely achieved one's goal.

30.	home free, a. assured of finishing, accomplishing, succeeding, etc.: If we can finish more than half the work today, we'll be home free. b. certain to be successfully finished, accomplished, secured, etc.: With most of the voters supporting it, the new law is home free.

31.	write home about, to comment especially on; remark on: The town was nothing to write home about. His cooking is really something to write home about.