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n.
commerce, business
1) to carry on, conduct, engage in ~
2) to build up, develop, drum up, promote; lose ~
3) to restrain, restrict ~
4) (a) brisk, lively ~ (they built up a lively ~)
5) fair ~
6) domestic; export; foreign, international, overseas; free; illicit; maritime; retail; wholesale ~ (to promote international ~)
7) (the) slave ~
8) the carriage ~ ('business with wealthy people')
9) ~ among, between; with (to conduct ~ with many countries)
10) ~ in
11) ( misc. ) (in) restraint of ~
exchange
12) to make a ~ with smb.
13) a fair ~
occupation
14) to ply, practice a ~
15) to learn a ~
16) by ~ (she is a bookbinder by ~)
17) ( misc. ) a jack of all ~s
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v.
1) ( D ; tr. ) to ~ for (she ~d a knife for a hat)
2) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ in (to ~ in furs)
3) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ with (to ~ with various countries)
4) ( O ) she ~d me a knife for a spoon