| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Activity pursued as a livelihood: art, calling, career, craft, employment, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work. Slang : racket. Archaic : employ. See ACTION. 2. Commercial, industrial, or professional activity in general: commerce, industry, trade, trading, traffic. See ACTION. 3. Something that concerns or involves one personally: affair, concern, lookout. See RELEVANT. 4. A commercial organization: company, concern, corporation, enterprise, establishment, firm2, house. Informal : outfit. See GROUP. 5. Something to be done, considered, or dealt with: affair, matter, thing. See THING. 6. The commercial transactions of customers with a supplier: custom, patronage, trade, traffic. See TRANSACTIONS.
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