Business
Nouns
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business, occupation, employment
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pursuit etc. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit
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what one is doing, what one is about
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affair, concern, matter, case. matter in hand, irons in the fire
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thing to do, agendum, task, work, job, chore [U.S.], errand, commission, mission, charge, care
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duty etc. Duty. part, role, cue
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province, function, lookout, department, capacity, sphere, orb, field, line
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walk, walk of life
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beat, round, routine
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race, career. office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living
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situation, berth, employ
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service etc. (servitude) Subjection
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engagement
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undertaking etc. Undertaking. vocation, calling, profession, cloth, faculty
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industry, art
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industrial arts
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craft, mystery, handicraft
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trade etc. (commerce) Barter. exercise
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work etc. (action) Action
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avocation
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press of business etc. (activity) Activity.
Verbs
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pass one's time in, employ one's time in, spend one's time in
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employ oneself in, employ oneself upon
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occupy oneself with, concern oneself with
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make it one's business etc. n.
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undertake etc. Undertaking
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enter a profession
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betake oneself to, turn one's hand to
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have to do with etc. (do) Action. office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living
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situation, berth, employ
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service etc. (servitude) Subjection
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engagement
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undertaking etc. Undertaking. drive a trade
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carry on a trade, do a trade, transact a trade, carry on business, do business, transact business etc. n.
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keep a shop
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ply one's task, ply one's trade
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labor in one's vocation
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pursue the even tenor of one's way
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attend to business, attend to one's work. officiate, serve, act
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act one's part, play one's part
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do duty
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serve the office of, discharge the office of, perform the office of, perform the duties of, perform the functions of
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hold an office, fill an office, fill a place, fill a situation
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hold a portfolio, hold a place, hold a situation. be about, be doing, be engaged in, be employed in, be occupied with, be at work on
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have one's hands in, have in hand
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have on one's hands, have on one's shoulders
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bear the burden
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have one's hands full etc. (activity) Activity. be in the hands of, be on the stocks, be on the anvil
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pass through one's hands.
Adjectives
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businesslike
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workaday
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professional
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official, functional
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busy etc. (actively employed) Activity
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on hand, in hand, in one's hands
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afoot
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on foot, on the anvil
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going on
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acting.
Adverbs
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in the course of business, all in one's day's work
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professionally etc. Adj..
Phrases
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a business with an income at its heels" [Cowper]