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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business dealing; undertaking |
| Synonyms: | act, action, activity, affair, agreement, bargain, bond, business, buying, compact, contract, convention, coup, covenant, deal, deed, disposal, doings, enterprise, event, execution, goings-on, happening, intercourse, matter, negotiation, occurrence, pact, performance, play, proceeding, purchase, purchasing, sale, selling, step |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, rejection |
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, office function, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | agreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | document of concurrence, contract |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, adjudication, affidavit, approval, arrangement, assent, avowal, bargain, bond, cartel, charter, codicil, compact, compromise, confirmation, covenant, deal, indenture, lease, negotiation, note, oath, okay, pact, piece of paper, protocol, recognition, settlement, stipulation, the nod, transaction, treaty, understanding, writ |
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, bond, business, compact, contract, convention, covenant, deal, engagement, negotiation, pact, pledge, promise, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding |
| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guarantee; contract |
| Synonyms: | agreement, bargain, certificate, collateral, compact, convention, covenant, debenture, guaranty, obligation, pact, pledge, promise, security, transaction, warrant, warranty, word |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commerce, trade |
| Synonyms: | affairs, bargaining, barter, buying and selling, capital and labor, commercialism, contracts, deal, dealings, exchange, free enterprise, game, industrialism, industry, manufacturing, market, merchandising, production and distribution, racket, sales, selling, trading, traffic, transaction, undertaking |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
| Main Entry: | compact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, concordat, contract, convention, covenant, deal, engagement, entente, indenture, pact, settlement, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
| Antonyms: | disagreement |
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | affair, burden, care, charge, company, corporation, deportment, entanglement, enterprise, establishment, field, firm, house, interest, involvement, job, jungle*, matter, megacorp, mission, multinational, occupation, organization, outfit, shooting match, task, thing, transaction, worry, zoo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | administration |
| Synonyms: | care, carrying on, channels, charge, control, direction, execution, guidance, handling, intendance, leadership, management, manipulation, organization, oversight, plan, policy, posture, red tape, regimen, regulation, rule, running, strategy, superintendence, supervision, tactics, transaction, treatment, wielding |
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