What is the difference between good and business?
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(lb) Of people.
#Acting in the interest of good; ethical.
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#*1891 , (Oscar Wilde), (The Picture of Dorian Gray) , Ch.6
#*:When we are happy, we are always good', but when we are ' good , we are not always happy.
#Competent or talented.
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#*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
#*:Those are generally good' at flattering who are ' good for nothing else.
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, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}
#Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
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#Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
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#*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good , serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
#(lb) Real; actual; serious.
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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:Love no man in good earnest.
(lb) Of properties and qualities.
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##Edible; not stale or rotten.
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##Having a particularly pleasant taste.
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##* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
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##Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
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#Healthful.
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#Pleasant; enjoyable.
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#Favourable.
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#Beneficial; worthwhile.
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, title= #Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:My reasons are both good and weighty.
(lb) With "and", extremely.
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(lb) Holy.
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(lb) Of quantities.
#Reasonable in amount.
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#Large in amount or size.
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#*:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,.
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#*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
That is good: an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
(nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
* 1906 , Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley
* 2007 April 19, , WHYY, Pennsylvania [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9683874]
(uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
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, title= (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
(uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
* Bible, Psalms iv. 6
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(countable, usually in plural) An item of merchandise.
* (William Shakespeare)
To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
To make good; turn to good; improve.
To make improvements or repairs.
To benefit; gain.
To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
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, title= (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
(uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
(uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
* {{quote-magazine, title=No hiding place
, date=2013-05-25, volume=407, issue=8837, page=74, magazine=(The Economist)
(uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
(uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
, title= (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
(countable) A particular situation or activity.
(countable) An objective or a matter needing to be dealt with.
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(uncountable) Something involving one personally.
(uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
(travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
* {{quote-book, 1992, James Wallace and Jim Erickson, Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire, page=154
, passage=Gates, who always flew business or coach, didn't particularly like the high air fares Nishi was charging to Microsoft,
(acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
* {{quote-book, 1983, Peter Thomson, Shakespeare's Theatre, page=155
, passage= The business with the hat is a fine example of the difficulty of distinguishing between 'natural' and 'formal' acting.}}
(countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
* {{quote-book, 2004, , The Jaguar Knights: A Chronicle of the King's Blades, page=252
, passage=I'm sure his goons will go through the ship like a business of ferrets, and they'll want to look in our baggage. }}
(uncountable, slang, British) Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")
(slang, uncountable) Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.
Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
* 1897 , Reform Club (New York, N.Y.) Sound Currency Committee, Sound currency , Volumes 4-5,
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=10 * 1996 , Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, American Law Reports: Annotations and Cases , Volume 35,
* 2003 , Marvin Snider, Compatibility Breeds Success: How to Manage Your Relationship with Your Business Partner ,
Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
* 1889 , The Clothier and furnisher , Volume 19,
* 1909 , La Salle Extension University, Business Administration: Business Practice ,
* 1927 , Making of America Project, (w, Harper's Magazine) , Volume 154,
* 2009 , (Frank Channing Haddock), Business Power: Supreme Business Laws and Maxims that Win Wealth ,
Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.
* 1867 , (Edmund Hodgson Yates) (editor), Amiens'', in ''Tinsley's Magazine ,
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In uncountable terms the difference between good and business
is that good is the abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc while business is something involving one personally.In countable terms the difference between good and business
is that good is a result that is positive in the view of the speaker while business is an objective or a matter needing to be dealt with.As an interjection good
is that is good: an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.As an adverb good
is well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.As a verb good
is to thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.As a proper noun Good
is {{surname}.good
English
(wikipedia good)Etymology 1
From (etyl) good, from (etyl) . Related to gather.Alternative forms
* (poetic contraction)Adjective
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- Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke
- dorr?̅', '''d?r?''' adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and ' god Almande mylk.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.
Synonyms
* (having positive attributes) not bad, all right, satisfactory, decent * (healthful) well * (competent or talented) accomplishedAntonyms
* (having positive attributes) bad, poor * (ethical) bad, evilDerived terms
* come from a good place * do well by doing good * fight the good fight * for good * good afternoon * good and * * good books * goodbye * good day * good drunk * gooden * good-for-nothing * good graces * good grief * goodish * good job * good morning * goodly * goodness * good night * good to go * good works * the good die young * too much of a good thingInterjection
(en interjection)- Good! I can leave now.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) , all from the adjective.Adverb
- If Silvertip refuses to give you the horse, grab him before he can draw a weapon, and beat him good . You're big enough to do it.
- The one thing that we can't do...''is throw out the baby with the bathwater.''...'' We know our process works pretty darn good and, uh, it’s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this''... high-quality website.
Derived terms
* but goodEtymology 3
From (etyl) good, god, from (etyl) .Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good .}}
- There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?
- The good' of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the ' good of each of the members composing it.
- Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.
Antonyms
* (forces of good) bad, evil * (positive result) badDerived terms
* (item of merchandise) capital goods, consumer goodsEtymology 4
From (etyl) goden, godien, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 5
From English dialectal, from (etyl) , ultimately from the adjective. See above.Derived terms
* (l)business
English
Noun
T time, passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.}}
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Cronies and capitols, passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.}}
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Derived terms
* agribusiness * big business * business as usual * business analyst * business architect * business before pleasure * business card * business class * business day * business deal * business economics * business end * business English * business ethics * business failure * business girl * business intelligence * business lunch * business model * business name * business plan * business practice * business record * business risk * business trip * business trust * business unit * business venture * businesslike * businessman * businessperson * businesswoman * business-to-business * do business * e-business * family business * funny business * get down to business * give someone the business * line of business * mean business * mind one's own business * monkey business * order of business * out of business * personal business * place of business * show business * small business * take care of business * unfinished business * we appreciate your businessAdjective
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- They are solely business' instruments. Every man's relation to them is purely a '''business''' relation. His use of them is purely a ' business use.
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page 432,
- the fact that the injured party came to the insured premises for solely business purposes precluded any reliance on the non-business pursuits exception (§ 1 1 2[b]).
page 298,
- Both of these partnerships have to cope with these dual issues in a more complicated way than is the case in solely business partnerships.
page 38,
- He is thoroughly business , but has the happy faculty of transacting it in a genial and courteous manner.
page 77,
- and the transaction carried through in a thoroughly business manner.
page 502,
- Sometimes this very subtle contrast becomes only too visible, as when in wartime Jewish business men were almost lynched because they were thoroughly business men and worked for profit.
page 231,
- The moral is evident: do not invest in schemes promising enormous and quick returns unless you have investigated them in a thoroughly business manner.
page 430,
- Amiens is a thoroughly business town, the business being chiefly with the flax-works.
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