business

30 10 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern;
  - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it;
  - “he bought his brother’s business”; “a small mom-and-pop business”; “a racially integrated business concern”;

2. (n.) business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise;
  - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects;
  - “computers are now widely used in business”;

3. (n.) business, job, line, line of work, occupation;
  - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money;
  - “he’s not in my line of business”;

4. (n.) business;
  - a rightful concern or responsibility;
  - “it’s none of your business”; “mind your own business”;

5. (n.) business;
  - an immediate objective;
  - “gossip was the main business of the evening”;

6. (n.) business;
  - the volume of commercial activity;
  - “business is good today”; “show me where the business was today”;

7. (n.) business, business sector;
  - business concerns collectively;
  - “Government and business could not agree”;

8. (n.) business, clientele, patronage;
  - customers collectively;
  - “they have an upper class clientele”;

9. (n.) business, byplay, stage business;
  - incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect;
  - “his business with the cane was hilarious”;

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placid

30 10 2008

Adjectives
1. (adj.) placid, quiet, smooth, still, tranquil, unruffled;
  - (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves;
  - “a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay”; “the quiet waters of a lagoon”; “a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky”; “a smooth channel crossing”; “scarcely a ripple on the still water”; “unruffled water”;

2. (adj.) equable, even-tempered, good-tempered, placid;
  - not easily irritated;
  - “an equable temper”; “not everyone shared his placid temperament”; “remained placid despite the repeated delays”;

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calumny

30 10 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement;
  - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone’s words or actions;

2. (n.) aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration, slander;
  - an abusive attack on a person’s character or good name;

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fiasco

30 10 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) debacle, fiasco;
  - a sudden and violent collapse;

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resonate

30 10 2008

Verbs
1. (verb) resonate, vibrate;
  - sound with resonance;
  - “The sound resonates well in this theater”;

2. (verb) come across, resonate;
  - be received or understood;

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