Noun

(en noun)

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; — often in the plural.

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Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.

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(lb) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

A material object (vaguely designated).

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*:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair , evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

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, title= The Three Corpse Trick, section=chapter 5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}

An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur ).

Noun

(en noun)

The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).

A deal or business agreement.

An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.

(finance) The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.

(computing) An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).

(especially in plural) A record of the proceedings of a learned society