Probusiness

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, especially 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.

to make difficulties for someone; treat harshly:
Instead of a straight answer they give him the business with a needless run-around.
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.
adjective
1.
in favour of or supporting the practices of business
noun
1.
a trade or profession
2.
an industrial, commercial, or professional operation; purchase and sale of goods and services: the tailoring business
3.
a commercial or industrial establishment, such as a firm or factory
4.
commercial activity; dealings (esp in the phrase do business)
5.
volume or quantity of commercial activity: business is poor today
6.
commercial policy or procedure: overcharging is bad business
7.
proper or rightful concern or responsibility (often in the phrase mind one’s own business)
8.
a special task; assignment
9.
a matter or matters to be attended to: the business of the meeting
10.
an affair; matter: a queer business, I’m tired of the whole business
11.
serious work or activity: get down to business
12.
a complicated affair; rigmarole
13.
(informal) a vaguely defined collection or area: jets, fast cars, and all that business
14.
(theatre) Also called stage business. an incidental action, such as lighting a pipe, performed by an actor for dramatic effect
15.
a group of ferrets
16.
(euphemistic) defecation (esp in the phrase do one’s business)
17.
(slang) prostitution
18.
(informal) like nobody’s business, extremely well or fast
19.
mean business, to be in earnest
20.
(informal) do the business, to achieve what is required: it tastes vile, but it does the business
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