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A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
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I was left my father's business.
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A person's occupation, work, or trade.
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He is in the motor and insurance businesses.
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Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
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He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!
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The volume or amount of commercial trade.
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Business has been slow lately.
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One's dealings; patronage.
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I shall take my business elsewhere.
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Private commercial interests taken collectively.
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This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.
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The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
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I studied business at Harvard.
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A particular situation or activity.
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This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.
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Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
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Let's get down to business.
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Something involving one personally.
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That's none of your business.
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(parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
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If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business.
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(travel) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
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Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
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The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
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Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")
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These new phones are the business!
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Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.
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As the cart went by, its horse lifted its tail and did its business.