n.
commerce
trade
1) to conduct, do, transact; drum up ~ (to do ~ with smb.)
2) to go into ~
3) to go out of ~
4) big; small ~
5) a mail-order ~; show ~; the travel ~
6) retail; wholesale ~
7) ( AE ) a land-office ('brisk') ~ (to do a land-office ~ in real estate)
8) ~ drops off; picks up
9) ~ is brisk, booming, flourishing, thriving; slack; ~ is at a standstill
10) in ~ (to be in ~ for oneself)
11) on ~ (to travel on ~)
firm
12) to build up; establish; launch a ~
13) to manage, operate, run a ~
14) to buy into; buy out; take over a ~
work
15) to get down to ~
16) to go about one's ~
17) to talk ~
affairs
18) to mind one's (own) ~
19) bad; dirty; funny; ( colloq. ) monkey ~
20) company; personal; unfinished ~
misc.
21) he has no ~ leaving so early ('he should not leave so early'); to know one's ~ ('to be competent in one's field'); to state one's ~ ('to explain what one is doing'); to mix ~ with pleasure ('to combine work and recreation'); to mean ~ ('to be serious about achieving one's ends'); to give smb. the ~ ('to deceive smb.'); it's none of your ~ ('the matter doesn't concern you')