Quick Definition–adjective | 1. | done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response. | | 2. | that is over or completed within a short interval of time: a quick shower. | | 3. | moving, or able to move, with speed: a quick fox; a quick train. | | 4. | swift or rapid, as motion: a quick flick of the wrist. | | 5. | easily provoked or excited; hasty: a quick temper. | | 6. | keenly responsive; lively; acute: a quick wit. | | 7. | acting with swiftness or rapidity: a quick worker. | | 8. | prompt or swift to do something: quick to respond. | | 9. | prompt to perceive; sensitive: a quick eye. | | 10. | prompt to understand, learn, etc.; of ready intelligence: a quick student. | | 11. | (of a bend or curve) sharp: a quick bend in the road. | | 12. | consisting of living plants: a quick pot of flowers. | | 13. | brisk, as fire, flames, heat, etc. | | 14. | Archaic. | b. | having a high degree of vigor, energy, or activity. | | –noun | 15. | living persons: the quick and the dead. | | 16. | the tender, sensitive flesh of the living body, esp. that under the nails: nails bitten down to the quick. | | 17. | the vital or most important part. | | 18. | Chiefly British. | a. | a line of shrubs or plants, esp. of hawthorn, forming a hedge. | | b. | a single shrub or plant in such a hedge. | | –adverb —Idiom | 20. | cut to the quick, to injure deeply; hurt the feelings of: Their callous treatment cut her to the quick. | From DictionaryBusiness 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. | 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
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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 DictionaryLoan Definition–noun | 1. | the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something: the loan of a book. | | 2. | something lent or furnished on condition of being returned, esp. a sum of money lent at interest: a $1000 loan at 10 percent interest. | –verb (used with object) | 4. | to make a loan of; lend: Will you loan me your umbrella? | | 5. | to lend (money) at interest. | –verb (used without object) | 6. | to make a loan or loans; lend. | —Idiom | 7. | on loan, | a. | borrowed for temporary use: How many books can I have on loan from the library at one time? | | b. | temporarily provided or released by one's regular employer, superior, or owner for use by another: Our best actor is on loan to another movie studio for two films. | | |
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