trade (profession)

  • 81business — Employment, occupation, profession, or commercial activity engaged in for gain or livelihood. Activity or enterprise for gain, benefit, advantage or livelihood. Union League Club v. Johnson, 18 Cal.2d 275, 108 P.2d 487, 490. Enterprise in which… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 82business — Employment, occupation, profession, or commercial activity engaged in for gain or livelihood. Activity or enterprise for gain, benefit, advantage or livelihood. Union League Club v. Johnson, 18 Cal.2d 275, 108 P.2d 487, 490. Enterprise in which… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 83living — adj Living, alive, animate, animated, vital mean endowed with or manifesting life. In their primary senses where life means that character or quality which is peculiar to things that are capable of growth, reproduction, and, often, motion and… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 84shop — /shop/, n., v., shopped, shopping, interj. n. 1. a retail store, esp. a small one. 2. a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods: the ski shop at Smith s. 3. the workshop of a craftsperson or artisan.… …

    Universalium

  • 85Alchemy in art and entertainment — References to alchemy in art and entertainment are too numerous to list. More titles can be found in the philosopher s stone article.Novels and playsMany writers lampooned alchemists and used them as the butt of satirical attacks. Two early and… …

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  • 86métier — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. profession, vocation; speciality. See business. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trade, profession, occupation, skill, forte; see also job 1 , profession 1 , specialty 1 , trade 2 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 87job — noun WORK 1 (C) the regular paid work that you do for an employer: get/find a job (as sth): Eventually, Mary got a job as a waitress. | take a job (=accept a job that is offered to you): I was so desperate that I took the first job that came… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 88Business — Busi ness (b[i^]z n[e^]s), n.; pl. {Businesses} (b[i^]z n[e^]s*[e^]z). [From {Busy}.] 1. That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 89Businesses — Business Busi ness (b[i^]z n[e^]s), n.; pl. {Businesses} (b[i^]z n[e^]s*[e^]z). [From {Busy}.] 1. That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 90Occupation — Oc cu*pa tion, n. [L. occupatio: cf. F. occupation.] 1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English