do business

English

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Verb

do business (third-person singular simple present does business, present participle doing business, simple past did business, past participle done business)

1. (intransitive) To be engaged in business, to be involved in commerce or trade.

   I simply refuse to do business with such ruffians.

2. (slang) Especially of a house pet: to urinate or defecate.

Synonyms

• (urinate or defecate): take care of business, see also Thesaurus:urinate

Derived terms

• dba

Translations

be engaged in business

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 做生意 (zou⁶ saang¹ ji³)

  Mandarin: 做買賣／做买卖 (zh) (zuòmǎimài), 做生意 (zh) (zuòshēngyi), 營業／营业 (zh) (yíngyè), 經商／经商 (zh) (jīngshāng)

• Dutch: zakendoen (nl)
• Finnish: tehdä kauppaa
• French: faire des affaires
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐍉𐌽 (kaupōn)
• Latin: negōtior
• Russian: име́ть де́ло (ru) impf (imétʹ délo), вести́ дела́ impf (vestí delá)

urinate — see urinate

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