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business class
IKJtf:
It is
the business of the police to protect the community. 0 1 shall make
it my business to find out who is
responsible. fk H M 0 St hi ll it (ft -fi <,
0 My
private life is none of your business (= does not concern you). 0
It’s no business of yours who I invite to the party, jfcjc
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IMPORTANT MATTERS 6 [U] important matters that need to be
dealt with or discussed ( fjrlc&SsScii’ik 1$ ) ltic¥'lf, J?,&: the main business of the
meeting
0 He has some unfinished business to
deal with.
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EVENT ^'|f 7 [sing.] (usually with an adjective if #AH2
WifllSEhl)
a matter, an event or a situation ^fff; ♦ # ; ^ M : That plane crash was a
terrible business.
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Rf'te o I found the whole
business very depressing. o The
business of the missing tickets hasn’t been sorted
out.
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BEING A CUSTOMER 8 [U] {especially NAmE) =
CUS- tom(3) : We’re grateful for your
business. itt
(ft ft
m*
M any other 'business the things that are
discussed at the end of an official meeting that do not appear on the AGENDA ( I think
we’ve finished item four. Now is there any
other business?
— see also AOB be in 'business {informal) to
have everything that you need in order to be able to start sth immediately ?gj£rtfc^h All we need is a car and we’ll be
in business.
„ be the 'business (informal) to be
very good business as
'usual a way
of saying that things will continue as normal despite a difficult situation (
JSLIf .business
is 'business a way of saying that financial and commercial matters are the important
things to consider and you should not be influenced by friendship, etc. £ ^ £ #
get down to
'business to
start dealing with the matter that needs to be dealt with, or doing the work
that needs to be done go about your
'business to do the things that you normally do ft g B ^ ; lift M # # $ : streets filled with people going
about their daily business ifJiA 0 #£tS#ft^JAKl^ril have no business doing sth | have no business to do sth to have no right to do sth You have
no business being here. like 'nobody’s
business {BrE, informal) very much, very fast, very well, etc.##; flUfc; fg jt?: I’ve been working
like
nobody’s business to get it finished in time.
#, 3%—not be in the business of doing sth
not
intending to do sth (which it would be surprising for you to do) A M
1ft ^ ♦ : I’m
not in the
business of getting other people to do my work for
me. A^iL£iJ A#f£Xf£0 out of 'business having stopped operating as
a business because there is no more money or work available f? ik ;
regulations will put many small businesses out
of business. §ff &fflM tg
£ /J> & ik «, 0 Some travel
companies will probably go out of business this
summer.
A—rT tkifciko — more at mean v.,
MIND
V., PLY V.
business administration noun [U] the study of how to manage a business a master’s degree in
business administration (= an MBA)
'business card (also card) noun a small card printed with
sb’s name and details of their job and company ( ik# ) — compare visiting card
'business
class {BrE also 'club class) noun [U] the part of a plane where passengers have a high
level of comfort and service, designed for people travelling on business, and
less expensive than first class ( 0$tfl± 6$ ) F§i#$fr
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'business
class {BrE also 'dub
class) adv.: I always fly business class. $5
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tmn.