| 单词 | to give the business |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) the business Phrases P1. on business: with an errand or purpose relating to business, now esp. to commercial business or one's trade or profession. ΚΠ 1670 tr. A. de Brunel Journey into Spain 150 Don Lewis was no sooner infavour, and entred on business. 1770 Trial W. Wemms 100 I saw several men pass... They walked faster than people generally do on business. 1800 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1801) 4 160 You step to a friend's house on business, near his dinner-hour. 1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Grey Granite i. 23 Sergeant Sim Leslie had been in Duncairn, on business, like, that very forenoon. 2008 D. Lodge Deaf Sentence (2009) xi. 140 Gone are the days when I would travel down on business..to meet a publisher, paying my own fare but getting a bibulous free lunch. P2. in business: operating or habitually occupied in trade or commerce; running or managing a business; (in extended use) able to begin operations, operational. Cf. to start in business at start v. 21b. ΚΠ 1756 London Mag. May 226/1 While they [sc. tradesmen] remain in business, they ought not to assume that exterior pomp and shew which is only becoming in men of fashion. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene I. ii. 22 My mother..before she had been a year in business, found that she was making money very fast. 1891 Arthur's Home Mag. 61 875/1 I will recommend you to my scholars, and all you will have to do is..arrange your hours, and you are in business. 1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 81 Most of them were staid men, had been in business for years. 2008 Independent 12 Mar. (Property section) 7/3 ‘We're in business!’ he trumpeted, striding into the office and waking up the rest of us. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > do one's utmost forcec1340 to give business to1340 to set (up) one's rest1589 to strain every nerve1837 to shoot one's wad1914 1340To do business [see sense 2]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 63 Yit woll I fonde To wryte and do my bisinesse. 1422 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 51 They will do her besynesse to fulfyll goddes will. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 166 Þei werren full wisely & allweys don here besynes to destroyen hire enemyes. ?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 373 He wol þat þai ȝeue bissynes to þe londe & not to þe lawe. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xv. ix. 214 In Greece was nothing more noble..then that Citye [sc. Athens], while it gaue businesse to study of..wisdome. P4. a. to go about one's business and variants: to occupy oneself with one's normal activities or routine; (also) to go off and attend to one's own affairs, to go away; hence in imperative use, as a formula of impatient dismissal (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 ?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton iv. sig. i.vii I shal retorne to my hows for to doo and go aboute my besynesse. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 187 Yf they [sc. bees] goe about their businesse cheerefully. 1687 in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 210 He was a pert..man..and..might go about his business. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. v. 47 Go about your Business; I hate the Sight of you. View more context for this quotation 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 62 He would..be told to go about his business. 1930 Times 17 Apr. 10/5 Good Friday..ought never to have been made a mere public holiday. At such a time far better go about our business..and attend an evening sermon in our place of worship. 2003 G. Burn North of Eng. Home Service (2004) v. 170 People..went about their business every day trying not to breathe in the foul stench from the unburied..carcasses. b. to send about one's business: to dismiss unceremoniously, to send packing (now somewhat archaic). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss > unceremoniously to send packingc1450 trussa1500 to go (send, etc.) away with a flea in one's ear1577 to set packing1577 pack1589 ship1594 to send away with a fly in one's ear1606 to give a packing penny to1609 to pack off1693 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 to send about one's business1728 trundle1794 to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1816 bundle1823 to give the bucket to1863 shake1872 to give (a person) the finger1874 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (someone or something) the chuck1888 to give (someone) the gate1918 to get the (big) bird1924 to tie a can to (or on)1926 to give (a person) (his or her) running shoes1938 to give (someone) the Lonsdale1958 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband i. i. 13 Sir John will certainly have it heard at the Bar of the House, and send him about his Business again. 1822 T. L. Peacock Maid Marian ix. 125 He had..sent all King Henry's saints about their business, or rather about their no-business. 1918 W. Lewis Tarr iv. vii. 179 He had the incredible impudence to wish to make up to me. I sent him about his business. 1999 E. Peters Falcon at Portal (2000) x. 10 I'd have sent him about his business, sir, only..he said you'd be sorry if you didn't see him. P5. a. to mind one's own business: to refrain from interfering in another's affairs; also as imperative (cf. to mind one's business at mind v. 4a). Now colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [phrase] > refrain from meddling to mind one's own business1610 the mind > attention and judgement > [phrase] > refrain from meddling > as injunction to others go meddle with (thy) old shoes1546 to mind one's own business1882 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iv. xiv. 174 If Victory..be but propitious, let Ioue mind his own businesse, the nations shall come vnder. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. ii. 9 I must desire all those Critics to mind their own Business . View more context for this quotation 1814 M. Leadbeater & E. Shackleton Tales for Cottagers 199 Let every one mind their own business. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men I. iv. 109 ‘Mind your own business,’ growled his uncle. 1994 Denver Post 6 Feb. b1/1 When his mother got in his face about it, the boy told her to mind her own business. b. colloquial. to be minding one's own business: to be doing something that is not disturbing anyone (usually before some subsequent interference, event, etc.). ΚΠ 1882 H. B. Hastings Pebbles from Path of Pilgrim 16 I walked along, minding my own business, when, to my astonishment, Mr. C. drove past me, on his way to the next village. 1917 B. Hecht in P. Glassgold Anarchy! (2001) 222 I was walking along peaceably minding my own business, and he came up and soaked me. 1975 M. H. Wolf I'll take Back Road iii. 72 I was minding my own business..when this chicken-sized..bird ran right up to me and slammed into my head. 2007 A. Enright Gathering (2008) xxv. 162 He was sitting in the seat in front of us, minding his own business until Mossie pointed him out. P6. to know one's business: to be experienced or knowledgeable in one's subject, profession, etc. Cf. to know one's stuff at stuff n.1 7g. ΚΠ 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. E3v Nay then they know their businesse, they neede no more instructions. 1693 H. Higden Wary Widdow iv. 37 But Drunk or sober Mate, I know my business. 1779 Mirror No. 2. ⁋6 Mr. Creech..knew his business better than to satisfy their curiosity. 1841 Punch 6 Nov. 203/1 Let every amateur, professor, and enthusiastic raver concerning ‘native talent’ go down on his knees..for..a singer who knows her business. 1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent i. 3 But Mr. Verloc knew his business, and remained undisturbed. 1995 A. Hardy Where to eat in Canada 410 The sausages come from a butcher who knows his business. P7. colloquial. to do (also †be at) one's business: to defecate or (occasionally) to urinate . ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > [verb (intransitive)] to do one's business1596 to pluck a rose1613 to pay a call1648 to go backward1748 go1804 to do (one's) duty1935 to wash one's hands1938 to spend a penny1945 perform1963 1596 J. Harington Apol. sig. P ij He loues an easie cleanly Iaxe maruellous wel,..[and] if one be his deare friend, he will let him tarrie with him, while he is at his businesse. 1630 in Minutes Norwich Court of Mayoralty 1630–1 (1942) 86 He..turned downe his hose & did his busyness. ?1704 Mrs. Worthington Let. in E. Hamilton Mordaunts (1965) vi. 123 Cate hath bene verey ill she cept up a day or 2 she canot due har bisnes. 1866 Secret Hist. Votary of Pleasure 18 One day, when I was ‘doing my business’, behind the barn, I heard the footsteps of a horse. 1993 Garden Answers May 56/2 Cats rarely do their business in their owners' gardens. P8. to do the business: to accomplish a task; (in later use) to be successful or effective, to do well. Cf. to do the trick at trick n. Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 299 She bringeth sharpe edged swords to do the businesse. 1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 6 May in Lett. to Son (1774) II. 143 An air, a tone of voice, a composure of countenance to mildness and softness, which are all easily acquired, do the business. 1864 ‘M. Twain’ Early Tales & Sketches (1981) II. 29 That coffee did the business for us. 1904 St. Nicholas May 588/1 We will now describe the ‘sure enough’ engine—the part that Tom said really ‘did the business’. 1954 Pop. Mech. Aug. 6/2 With the motor turning at 1725 r.p.m., the jug flew to pieces... The third did the business. It was wrapped from top to bottom with the wire and, being perfectly balanced, lasted throughout my tests. 2005 C. Newbrook Ducks in Row 15 He did the business, all right. He came of age with that project, he did. P9. to make it one's business: to undertake as a self-appointed task (to do something). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] found12.. to take on (also upon) one(self)a1300 assay1330 study1340 to put (also lay, set, etc.) one's hand to the ploughc1384 intendc1385 pressc1390 to put oneself in pressc1390 gatherc1400 undertakec1405 sayc1425 to fall in hand with (also to do (something))c1450 setc1485 obligea1500 essay?1515 attend1523 supprise1532 to set in foot1542 enterprise1547 address1548 to set in hand1548 prove1612 to make it one's businessa1628 engage1646 embark1647 bend1694 to take hold1868 a1628 J. Preston Foure Serm. iii. 78 in New Covenant (1629) Let vs labour..to make it our whole busines to feare God and keepe his Commandements. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. x. 25 Though going abroad sometimes about her businesse, she never makes it her businesse to go abroad. 1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. 54 I have myself freely conversed with Mathematicians of all ranks,..as well as made it my business to be informed of the Opinions of others. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xiv. 213 The class of professional ‘lobbyists’,..who make it their business to ‘see’ members. 1946 ‘P. Wentworth’ Clock strikes Twelve ix. 43 ‘I don't know how she knew.’ ‘She's the sort of woman who makes it her business to know.’ 2006 New Yorker 29 May 28/2 Katz..has made it her business to upset that monopoly. P10. colloquial. to do a person's business (also to do the business for a person): to ‘do for’, ruin, or kill a person. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > destroy or ruin a person spillc950 amarOE smitelOE aspillc1175 mischievec1325 to bid (something) misadventurec1330 mara1375 fordoc1380 undo1390 wrack1564 to make roast meat of (also for)1565 wrake1567 wreck1590 speed1594 feeze1609 to do a person's business1667 cook1708 to settle a person's hash1795 diddle1806 to fix1836 raddle1951 the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > murder or assassinate [verb (transitive)] amurderOE murderc1175 homicidec1470 murdresc1480 murtrish1490 manquell1548 slaughter1582 massacre1591 assassinate1600 remove1609 assassin1620 to do the business for a person1759 Septembrize1794 croak1823 square1888 shift1898 to take out1900 to bump off1907 bump1914 to do in1914 to put out1917 to knock off1919 terminate1920 to give (a person) the works1929 scrag1930 snuff1932 wash1941 waste1964 wipe1968 to terminate with extreme prejudice1969 neutralize1970 snuff1973 stiff1974 1667 S. Pepys Diary 16 Nov. (1974) VIII. 533 Lord Vaughan, that is so great against the Chancellor..was heard to swear..he would do my Lord Clarendon's business. 1759 S. Gardner Jrnl. 10 Dec. in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1860) II. 287/1 They did the business for him with an Iron Crow. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 94 Oh, Tony, I'm killed... That last jolt that laid us against the quickset hedge has done my business. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. viii. 122 Her visit to Abbey-Mill..seems to have done his business. He is desperately in love. View more context for this quotation 1891 J. M. Dixon Dict. Idiomatic Eng. Phrases 47 His last imprudent exposure of himself to the night air did the business for him. 1995 A. Norton Mirror of Destiny (2001) 348 Flyin' things..did the business for the Captain's squad. P11. a. to do business: to engage in commercial transactions; also figurative. ΚΠ 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge i. 5 A Jews naked not doing business on his Rest-day. 1764 T. Legg Low-life (ed. 3) 70 Tallow-Chandlers who do Business privately in Back Cellars..to evade the King's Duty. 1858 T. De Quincey Secret Societies (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VII. 256 It has done business as a swindle through thirty generations. 1890 G. N. McLean (title) How to do business. 1980 Business Week (Industr. ed.) 11 Aug. 44/2 It will be at least two years before the new holding company..is ready to do business. 2005 Computer Weekly 19 Apr. 43/3 Cybercrime threatens to undermine the confidence of consumers doing business online. b. to do business with (a person): to engage in commercial transactions with (someone); (in extended use) to have successful dealings or negotiations with (someone). ΚΠ 1749 W. Halfpenny New Syst. Archit. Delineated 24 Master's closet or counting house to do business with workmen. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 340 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV An oyster merchant of Rochelle, doing business with the growers of the adjacent islands. 1986 New Yorker 10 Feb. 89/2 Mrs. Thatcher had described Gorbachev..as someone she could do business with. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 May (Business section) 9/6 Others who do business with him say..he is..a superb ‘relationship manager’. P12. colloquial. to mean business: to be serious about something. ΚΠ 1841 C. H. Knox Hardness I. xi. 186 Harry struck up a great friendship with her for a time, and I think meant business. 1897 Daily News 26 Oct. 5/2 ‘We mean business’, said one of her Majesty's ministers. 1988 D. Carpenter God's Bedfellows iv. 80 Sometimes you gotta let them know you mean business, otherwise they'll treat you like dirt. 2004 H. Strachan Make a Skyf, Man! v. 48 Industrial sabotage to show the big industrialists of the régime that we mean business. P13. to get (also settle) down to business: to begin serious work, to begin matters in earnest. ΚΠ 1868 Minutes Gen. Council First Internat. (Internat. Workingmen's Assoc.) 394 To get down to business! It is high time that the workmen of all lands should unite. 1916 Indianapolis Sunday Star 19 Nov. 45/5 With the..‘I told-you-so-ing’ out of our systems we can settle down to business. 1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 36 Jim met them, treated them courteously, gave them each a drink, and got down to business. 2005 A. Ohlin Missing Person (2006) xii. 159 I suggested, politely, that we just get down to business. P14. colloquial. to be in the business of: to be engaged or involved in, to be concerned with. Frequently in negative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > engage in or busy oneself about fanda1375 entermetea1393 deala1400 makea1400 apply?c1400 to have in occupation?1523 lie1546 entreat1590 to consist in1606 tirea1616 stickle1647 to be in the business of1873 1873 Chicago Tribune 3 Sept. 4/4 The National Administration is not in the business of either making or unmaking the Governors of Massachusetts or of any other State. 1882 Puck (N.Y.) 10 May 153/3 We are not in the business of insulting good and true women such as the Sisters of Charity. 1909 W. C. Sheppard Rambler Club Afloat 356 Do you think I'm in the business of blowing up boats?.. Of course not! I had nothing to do with it. 1981 Observer 1 Mar. 13/6 Journalists..are in the business, after all, of making a fuss. 2000 R. W. Holder Taunton Cider & Langdons iv. 20 The Great Western Railway was not in the business of eating humble pie. P15. to be none of a person's business: see none pron. 4b. P16. to do a rushing business: see rushing adj. 2. P17. slang (chiefly U.S.). to give (a person) the business. a. Originally Criminals' slang. To kill; (also) to beat up, assault. Cf. to give (a person) the works at work n. Phrases 2c. ΚΠ 1919 Recruiters' Bull. (U.S. Marine Corps) July 16/1 Now that we have just got all through moppin' up Germany, along comes Mexico tryin' to give us the business. 1931 Chicago Tribune 8 May 15/3 Three men trained their weapons on him. ‘Keep your trap shut or we'll give you the business,’ said one of them. c1950 R. McLeish Gorbals Story iii, in Sc. People's Theatre (Assoc. Sc. Lit. Stud.) (2008) 41 I'm goin to do him—I'm gonny give him the business. 1981 J. Higgins Luciano's Luck xii. 154 When they heard Luciano was coming, they didn't like it. They tried to give him the business. 2007 T. N. Baker Dice 208 I seen that somebody must've given him the business, with that nice-size, buck-fifty slash running from his temple to his jawbone. b. To abuse verbally, harangue; (in weakened sense) to tease, mock. ΚΠ 1936 Spectator (Chilton Publishing Co.) 8 Oct. 16/2 When I put the proposition to him he cut me off with a curt, ‘Can it.’ Mr. Traynor explained to me later that Willie wasn't giving me the business after all. 1940 Los Angeles Times 5 Feb. ii. 9/1 Then Miss Mead, apparently informed of my woeful inability on the tennis courts, really gave me the business. 1957 J. Lake & H. Giblo Footlights, Fistfights & Femmes 108 My troupe was anything but elderly. They were all young and snippy, so I gave them the business. ‘Button your lips when you get there.’ 1968 Ebony Jan. 49/1 Inmates gave him the business about having picked up a little weight, and the graying hair. 2005 N.Y. Times 17 July iv. 14/2 In Boston, politicians are more likely to ‘give you the business’, needling you in some personal way. P18. slang (chiefly U.S.). to get the business: to be killed or beaten up; (also) to abused or teased. Cf. to give (a person) the business at Phrases 17. ΚΠ 1936 Boston Sunday Globe 11 Oct. (Editorial & News Feature section) 2/6 By the way, Inspector, about what time do you think Singer got the business, to be colloquial? 1952 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 24 Oct. 18/1 A distinguished Senator who had good reason to think he might be the Democratic presidential nominee until he got the business from Mr. Truman and his friends at the Democratic convention. 1952 ‘H. Grey’ Hoods xix. 153 According to all the..stories of hoodlums breaking away from the mob, he invariably gets the ‘business’ if he quits. 2009 V. Mazzarella Atsa Mi Paese xviii. 337 I'm sorry that the smell bothers you... I've already got the business from Geri, so you're not alone with your beef. P19. Originally U.S. slang (originally in African-American usage). to take care of business: to do something in an effective or energetic manner; to take action to good effect. Cf. TCB vb. at T n. Initialisms 1a. ΚΠ 1952 ‘H. Grey’ Hoods xxi. 162 The Boss is up early in the morning taking care of business. 1967 Chicago Daily Defender 7 Aug. 8/3 The slogan for this year's drive, ‘T C B—take care of business, go back to school’. 1977 M. Torres in R. P. Rettig et al. Manny ii. 36/2 I am in the neighborhood maybe ten minutes and I get down with heroin. It was no problem to find the ounce man, look [sic] up one of my kits, and take care of business. 1994 Q. Tarantino & R. Avary Pulp Fiction iii. 128 Holding the sword pointed downward, Takakura Ken-style, he disappears through the red curtains to take care of business. 2008 C. Blatchford Black Hand xxv. 163 Take my word for it, the motherfucker's down. I'm not talking just about violence either. He takes care of business real good, and he has downed a whole lot of motherfuckers in the last year. P20. business is business: used to indicate that in financial and commercial matters one must not be influenced by friendship, sentiment, etc. ΚΠ 1797 G. Colman Heir at Law iii. ii. 44 Business is business; and words you know butter no parsnips. 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians I. i. 4 Business is business, my dear young sir. 1890 G. N. McLean How to do Business 152 It is a common saying in mercantile life that ‘Business is business’. This means that everything must turn upon the practical fact of dollars and cents. 1917 B. Braley Business is Business in Rotarian Apr. 320 For Business is Business a fight for gold Where all that you do is fair. 2000 J. J. Connolly Layer Cake (2004) 3 We always make a..fuss but we always do it. Business is business. P21. business as usual: used to indicate things will proceed normally despite difficulties or disturbances. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > usually or ordinarily > things proceeding as usual business as usual1884 1884 Punch 12 Apr. 178/2 The true way she could show respect to Her Majesty was by letting her shopmen carry on ‘business as usual’ for the benefit of Her Majesty's subjects. 1914 H. W. Wilson Great War I. 84 ‘Business as usual’ was the motto of London. 2007 Daily Tel. 13 Nov. (Business section) b6/1 He attempted to convince shareholders and analysts it was business as usual. P22. a. everybody's business is nobody's business: see nobody pron. and n. Phrases 2. b. (to be) nobody's business: see nobody pron. and n. Phrases 3a. c. like nobody's business: see nobody pron. and n. Phrases 3b. P23. Originally U.S. business before pleasure: work must be dealt with or duty attended to before a person can enjoy himself or herself. ΚΠ 1816 W. Wirt Let. 24 Sept. in J. P. Kennedy Mem. W. Wirt (1849) I. 415 Business first, and then pleasure, is my maxim.] 1831 Ladies' Mag. 4 346 They plod on, anxious to reach their destination, with an air that seems to say, ‘Business before pleasure’,—‘A penny saved is a penny earned’, [etc.] 1876 H. Alger Shifting for Himself ii. 21 I must bid you good-night, John. Business before pleasure, you know. 1918 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 668/1 ‘Very often we cannot even dine together, he is always in such a hurry!’ Business before pleasure. 1976 ‘R. Hooker’ & W. E. Butterworth MASH goes to San Francisco (1977) xiii. 170 Oh, how nice! And I think about you, too. But business before pleasure, as I always say. 2002 V. McDermid Last Temptation xxx. 360 ‘OK, business before pleasure,’ he said. ‘Let's go back to Berlin and make some plans.’ P24. In phrases indicating the use of terminology or jargon associated with a particular trade or line of work, as as they say in the business, known in the business as, etc. ΚΠ 1885–6 Origin, Growth, & Usefulness Chicago Board of Trade 261/1 They make a specialty of funeral work, as it is called in the business. 1929 Washington Post 1 Sept. a3/1 An actor..naturally supposes that his accoutrement, as they say in the business, will be found in his dressing room. 1960 Sunday Times 11 Sept. 37/4 At large jazz festivals the incursion of a minority of moronic roughnecks (known in the business as Herberts) is ruining the pleasure of the great majority. 1982 B. Sheldon Behaviour Modification iii. 60 Residential and hospital social work, where in the past, ‘train and hope’ programmes, as they are called in the business, have produced high levels of relapse. 1998 S. Fried Bitter Pills i. i. 26 At least 60 percent of all doctor visits end with a prescription—or a ‘script’, as they say in the business. 2008 Independent 10 Jan. 36/1 Drama-docs, as they are known in the business, are a grey area when it comes to revealing the truth. P25. any other business: matters not listed individually on the agenda of a meeting, and which are raised after the main business has been discussed; the heading on an agenda under which such matters are raised; abbreviated AOB. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [noun] > of meeting > unlisted item any other business1910 AOB1946 1910 Trans. Worcester County (Mass.) Hort. Soc. 7 Under any other business J. K. Greene, reported for Committee on resolution on retirement of Secretary Adin A. Hixon. 1935 G. K. Bucknall Oldham's Guide to Company Secretarial Work (ed. 7) xix. 152 Agenda..1. Minutes of last meeting..4. Overdue accounts..9. Any other business. 10. Next meeting. 1968 H. M. Taylor & A. G. M. Mears Right Way to conduct Meetings (ed. 7) xiv. 94 No major matter should ever be put to the vote under ‘Any other Business’. 2000 Keyways (Master Locksmiths' Assoc.) Feb. 37 Any member wishing to raise any items under any other business are required to register their questions with the Senior Executive. P26. there's no business like show business: see show business n. 1. P27. a person's business: work to be done or matters to be attended to in a person's service, or on his or her behalf. Now chiefly archaic and historical. ΚΠ 1503 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 101 For his costes lyeng in London aboutes the Quenes matiers and busynesses. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke ii. 49 Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business ? View more context for this quotation 1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 13 (note) To preside..over that consequential Branch of the King's Business. 1801 tr. ‘C. F. Damberger’ Trav. through Interior Afr. xii. 433 Some Moors, who, supposing me to be upon the king's business, made no attempt to detain me. 1919 G. R. Brown Beyond Sunset x. 190 His Majesty's business, methinks, rests more seriously upon his courtiers than upon himself. 2002 K. Whitaker Mad Madge (2003) ix. 168 The marquess of Ormonde—a courtier close to Charles II who often passed through Antwerp on his master's business. P28. Noun phrases with of business as a postmodifier. a. letter of business n. (a) a letter communicating information of some importance; (in later use) = business letter n. at Compounds 5; (b) Anglican Church (in plural, usually with capital initials) a document formerly issued by the Crown to the English Convocations permitting them to prepare canons on a prescribed subject (now historical). [In quot. 1617 in Moryson's translation of his own Italian original.] ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > document giving legal authority > specific brevea1400 letter of procuracya1425 procuracy1425 letter of attorney1432 allocate1438 procurationc1450 proxyc1460 warrant of attorney1512 letters of procuration1574 promotorial letters?c1633 factory1703 power of agency1710 power of attorney1716 inspectorship deed1861 letter of business1862 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. iii. 160 Now for letters of busines [It. lettre di facende], no man is so blockish that cannot easily dispatch them; when he hath told the businesse, and bid farewell, all is done. But if letters of complement bee not beautified with inuention, they are dull. 1662 S. Pepys Diary 3 Oct. (1970) III. 212 It is a great folly to send letters of business by any friend that requires haste. 1771 Encycl. Brit. I. 620/2 Merchants are provided with a large book..into which is copied verbatim every letter of business before it be sent off. 1862 J. W. Joyce Ecclesia Vindicata v. 211 Royal Letters of Business would be directed from the Crown, requesting the two Convocations to take the necessary measures for the purpose proposed. 1908 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 407 John Paston was a good deal away, and his wife had to send him frequent reports as to business matters... Her letters were thus necessarily, in the first place, letters of business. 2006 Church Times 20 Oct. 21/2 The report made the historic recommendation that Letters of Business be issued to Convocations..to form..modifications relating to the conduct of Divine Worship. b. man of business n. (a) a man of businesslike habits, one skilled in business (in various senses) (now rare); †(b) a man engaged in public affairs (obsolete); (c) (frequently with possessive adjective) a man who transacts a person's business, a business agent or (Scottish) a lawyer; (d) a man engaged in commercial or business transactions, a businessman (now somewhat archaic). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] merchantc1225 grocer1427 merchantman1449 marketor1474 fleece-feeder1549 mercadore1595 marcantanta1616 man of business1640 correspondent1698 businessman1803 mercantile1813 net importer1925 commercial1962 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] man of business1640 homme d'affaires1717 businessman1803 businessperson1834 operator1838 towkay1854 grey suit1969 pinstripe1970 suit1977 pin-striper1979 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > involved in public affairs man of business1640 society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > legal representative or agent procurera1325 attorney-general1597 procureur1604 trampler1608 attorney universal1637 man of business1779 businessman1798 mukhtar1801 1640 J. Wadsworth tr. A. Colmenero de Ledesma Curious Treat. Chocolate 18 There is another..shorter and quicker way..for men of businesse, who cannot stay long about it. 1670 Bp. G. Burnet Let. in T. E. S. Clarke et al. Life G. Burnet (1907) III. v. 192 I am..resolved never to have anything to do more with men of business, particularly with any in opposition to the Court. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 466. ⁋3 I am a Man of Business, and obliged to be much abroad. 1753 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (ed. 4) I. xvi. 157 Pericles, a man of business, and a man of sense. 1779 Mirror No. 32 The remonstrances of his man of business, aided by very urgent requests from me. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xi. 629 If we were all men of business our mental pleasures would be abridged. 1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) vi. 232 In Scotland it is usual to term the law-agent or man of business of any party his ‘doer’. 1902 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer IV. v. 188 Many men of business..enjoy in strict privacy a little whimpering over a novel. 1916 tr. P. Bourget in E. Wharton Bk. Homeless 69 [He] told me that his man of business was at the Dardanelles. ‘His wife looks after my property in his place.’ 2005 D. Cruickshank Around World in 80 Treasures 220 An intent man of business scurries by. c. woman of business n. †(a) a woman engaged in practical matters (obsolete); (b) a woman who works in commerce or has a profession; = businesswoman n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > girl or woman woman of business1677 conductress1760 businesswoman1827 business girl1840 1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer i. 11 I am no Visiter, but a Woman of Business. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 70 I had the Misfortune to be a Woman of Business, tho' young; for my Father had several Vessels at Sea. 1816 La Belle Assemblée Mar. 117/1 My aunt,..a bustling woman of business, thought all time lost that was not spent behind her counter. 1922 L. S. Lyons & J. Wilson Who's Who among Women of Calif. I. 175 The evolution of Mother Eve, of Helen,..of Joan of Arc,..finds expression in the modern professional woman, the woman of business. 2008 Telegraph-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 16 May b1 [The story] is one that fascinates fellow men and women of business: the story of his ascent from the owner of one obscure gas station to one of the country's..richest men. d. place of business n. a place where business is conducted, spec. a shop, office, or other commercial establishment. ΚΠ 1681 T. De Laune Present State London v. 355 Letters go..to Inns of Court, and places of business in Town..10 or 12 times of the day. 1795 Universal Mag. Mar. 201/2 He may open a work-shop, a counting-house, an office, or any other place of business, and pursue his calling. 1872 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 458 One whose place of business is situate immediately opposite to a branch of the ‘Co-op.’ Institution. 1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) vii. 119 It still closed its places of business at noon for a two-hour siesta. 2008 P. Hensher Northern Clemency 569 The fourth floor more resembled the inside of a drinkers' den than a respectable place of business. e. hours of business n. †(a) the hours during which a person is occupied with business (obsolete); (b) the hours in which a person, shop, office, etc., conducts business; = business hours n. at Compounds 5. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > a calculated space of time > office, business, or school hours school hour1581 hours of business1693 business hours1767 schoolday1840 times1847 hours1852 1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §117. 143 In the intervals between his hours of Business..he is not of himself inclin'd to laziness. 1739 Scots Mag. Dec. 611/1 It would be worth while to read to you there, now and then, in an evening, before the hours of business. 1830 Reg. Pennsylvania July 55/1 Tables..were spread, under the shade of the same beautiful trees which had protected the company during the hours of business. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 269/2 Over-time, Over-work, extra labour done beyond the regular fixed hours of business. 1995 D. G. Wetherell & I. R. A. Kmet Town Life 140 Hours of business were regulated through bylaws. f. house of business n. now archaic = business house n. at Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1704 Answer of Merchants-petitioners 44/2 This Sum if entirely lost, could not have Prejudiced the Replicants [sc. those replying to the Trustees] as a House of Business. 1799 Sporting Mag. June 157/1 He took a grand house in Wimpole-street,..his own house of business being at Lothbury. 1836 Q. Jrnl. Agric. 7 No. 34. 165 On reference to one of the respectable houses of business in London..they would readily name some trust-worthy person. 1900 Daily News 17 Oct. 6/2 He was initiated at his father's house of business..into the mysteries of cordwaining. 1981 C. Nunn Marguerite Clark 135 No storms..had ever disturbed the limestone strength of these houses of business. g. stroke of business n. now archaic a piece, esp. a large or considerable amount, of business or trade; also figurative. ΚΠ 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 484. ⁋4 The best Consolation that I can administer to those who cannot get into that Stroke of Business (as the Phrase is) which they deserve, is [etc.]. 1847 T. De Quincey Secret Societies in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 520/1 The goddess, and her establishment of hoaxers at Eleusis, did a vast ‘stroke of business’ for more than six centuries. 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter 84 [People] who wanted to do a stroke of business with some old volume. 1904 J. Conrad Let. 29 May (1988) III. 142 You know how he failed with Falk and yet managed to do a stroke of business afterwards. 1939 B. Natarajan in Madras Tercentenary Commem. Vol. iv. xxxi. 251 A month later, the Council themselves did a stroke of business on their own account. h. way of business: see way n.1 25a. i. line of business: see line n.2 28c. j. order of business: see order n. 12b. P29. business of the stage n. Theatre stage action, esp. as opposed to dialogue; = sense 18. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > action as distinct from dialogue business1637 walk1651 business of the stage1679 bus.1856 1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Pref. sig. a4 Manners never can be evident [in a comedy or tragedy], where the surprises of Fortune take up all the business of the Stage. 1763 D. Garrick Let. 10 Aug. (1831) I. 163 If you mean by the warmth of temper you have accused me of to Mr. Johnson, a certain anxiety for the business of the stage, your accusation was well founded. 1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 13 Nov. 514/1 In ‘Hamlet’ he is quite enthusiastic about naturalness in the business of the stage. 1942 Notes & Queries 12 Sept. 161/1 ‘Business of the Stage’ denotes the movements, groupings, vocal inflections, etc., of the players, which are settled at rehearsal. The modern term is ‘Production’. 2002 M. Puchner Stage Fright iii. v. 128 Craig envisions an art of the theater that strategically ignores stage directions and thus prevents the writer from interfering in the business of the stage. < as lemmas |
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