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 outdoors. | | 16. | <
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td>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 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. | | From DictionaryShopping Definition–noun | 1. | the act of a person who shops. | | 2. | the facilities or mercha
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ndise available to those who shop: Chicago has good shopping. | –adjective | 3. | of, for, or pertaining to examining and buying merchandise: a shopping trip. | |
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