an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
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the purchase and sale of goods in an attempt to make a profit.
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a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in commerce, manufacturing, or a service; profit-seeking enterprise or concern.
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volume of trade; patronage: Most of the store's business comes from local families.
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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.
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that with which a person is principally and seriously concerned: Words are a writer's business.
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something with which a person is rightfully concerned: What they are doing is none of my business.
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affair; project: We were exasperated by the whole business.
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an assignment or task; chore: It's your business to wash the dishes now.
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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.
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excrement: used as a euphemism.
–adjective
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of, noting, or pertaining to business, its organization, or its procedures.
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containing, suitable for, or welcoming business or commerce: New York is a good business town.
—Idioms
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business is business, profit has precedence over personal considerations: He is reluctant to fire his friend, but business is business.
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do one's business, (usually of an animal or child) to defecate or urinate: housebreaking a puppy to do his business outdoors.
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get down to business, to apply oneself to serious matters; concentrate on work: They finally got down to business and signed the contract.
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give someone the business, Informal.
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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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have no business, to have no right: You have no business coming into this house.
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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.
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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.
a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
2.
a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan for seating guests.
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a specific project or definite purpose: plans for the future.
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Also called plan view.a drawing made to scale to represent the top view or a horizontal section of a structure or a machine, as a floor layout of a building.
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a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram: a plan of the dock area.
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(in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye.
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a formal program for specified benefits, needs, etc.: a pension plan.
–verb (used with object)
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to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for (any work, enterprise, or proceeding): to plan a new recreation center.
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to make plans for: to plan one's vacation.
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to draw or make a diagram or layout of, as a building.
–verb (used without object)
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to make plans: to plan ahead; to plan for one's retirement.
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