assignment vs business

assignment

noun
  • The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks. 

  • A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another. 

  • A document that effects this transfer. 

  • An assigned task. 

  • The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex. 

  • An operation that assigns a value to a variable. 

  • A position to which someone is assigned. 

  • A task given to students, such as homework or coursework. 

  • The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category. 

business

noun
  • A person's occupation, work, or trade. 

  • One's dealings; patronage. 

  • The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal. 

  • Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach. 

  • A particular situation or activity. 

  • Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene. 

  • Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action. 

  • The volume or amount of commercial trade. 

  • The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management. 

  • The collective noun for a group of ferrets. 

  • Private commercial interests taken collectively. 

  • Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter. 

  • matters (e.g sorry business = a funeral) 

  • Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees") 

  • A specific commercial enterprise or establishment. 

  • Disruptive shenanigans. 

  • Something involving one personally. 

  • Commercial, industrial, or professional activity. 

adj
  • Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes. 

  • Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice. 

  • Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business. 

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