Thursday, October 25, 2007
business and economy
| # a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a ... # commercial enterprise: the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" # business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree" # the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today" # a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business" # occupation: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" # an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening" # incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" # clientele: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Definitions of economy on the Web: * the system of production and distribution and consumption * the efficient use of resources; "economy of effort" * frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy" * an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents" |
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