business vs office

business

noun
  • A specific commercial enterprise or establishment. 

  • One's dealings; patronage. 

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

  • 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") 

  • 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. 

office

noun
  • A particular place of business of a larger white-collar business. 

  • Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position. 

  • A daily service without the eucharist. 

  • A ministry or other department of government. 

  • The administrative departments housed in such places 

  • The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons. 

  • A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral duty. 

  • Inside information. 

  • Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin. 

  • A service, a kindness. 

  • Last rites. 

  • A room, set of rooms, or building used for administration and bookkeeping. 

  • A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work 

  • A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs. 

  • A room, set of rooms, or building used for consultation and diagnosis, but not surgery or other major procedures. 

  • The staff of such places. 

  • A room, set of rooms, or building used for selling services or tickets to the public. 

  • The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church. 

  • A ceremonial duty or service 

  • Various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service. 

  • A position of responsibility. 

verb
  • To provide (someone) with an office. 

  • To have an office. 

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