| performance | any recognized accomplishment, they admired his performance under stress, when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe |
performance
execution carrying out carrying into action | the act of performing, of doing something successfully, using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it, they criticised his performance as mayor, experience generally improves performance |
| specific performance | the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms |
| linguistic performance | (linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situations, what the speaker actually says, including grammatical errors and other non-linguistic features such as hesitations and other disfluencies (contrasted with linguistic competence) |
dramatic production
dramatic performance | the act of performing a drama, the group joined together in a dramatic production |
| musical performance | the act of performing music |
business stage business
byplay | incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect, his business with the cane was hilarious |
| performance | the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment, we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal, an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto |
loose end
unfinished business | work that is left incomplete |
occupation
business
job
line of work
line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money, he's not in my line of business |
business life
professional life | a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities |
| monkey business | mischievous or deceitful behavior |
commercial enterprise
business enterprise
business | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects, computers are now widely used in business |
business activity
commercial activity | activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise |
| business | the volume of commercial activity, business is good today, show me where the business was today |
| land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
field
field of operation
line of business | a particular kind of commercial enterprise, they are outstanding in their field |
employee-owned enterprise
employee-owned business | a commercial enterprise owned by the people who work for it |
| discount business | the business of selling merchandise at a discount |
| real-estate business | the business of selling real estate |
meatpacking
meat packing
meat-packing business | wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers) |
| deal trade business deal | a particular instance of buying or selling, it was a package deal, I had no further trade with him, he's a master of the business deal |
| going-out-of-business sale | a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close, during the Great Depression going-out-of-business sales were very common |
airline
airline business
airway | a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
| business suit | a suit of clothes traditionally worn by businessmen |
line product line
line of products
line of merchandise
business line
line of business | a particular kind of product or merchandise, a nice line of shoes |
office
business office | place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed, he rented an office in the new building |
place of business
business establishment | an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered |
operating capability
performance capability | the capability of a technological system to perform as intended |
personal business
personal matters
affairs | matters of personal concern, get his affairs in order |
| business | a rightful concern or responsibility, it's none of your business, mind your own business |
| business | an immediate objective, gossip was the main business of the evening |
theory of indicators
Ostwald's theory of indicators | (chemistry) the theory that all indicators are either weak acids or weak bases in which the color of the ionized form is different from the color before dissociation |
assumed name fictitious name
Doing Business As
DBA | (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation |
| business card | a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation |
agenda
agendum
order of business | a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) |
| business letter | a letter dealing with business |
| business index | a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions, this business index is computed relative to the base year of |
| business news | news about businesses and investments |
Master in Business
Master in Business Administration
MBA | a master's degree in business |
performance
public presentation | a dramatic or musical entertainment, they listened to ten different performances, the play ran for performances, the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity |
theatrical performance
theatrical
representation histrionics | a performance of a play |
business cycle
trade cycle | recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline |
| business lunch | lunch (usually at a restaurant) where business is discussed and the cost is charged as a business expense |
business people
businesspeople | people who transact business (especially business executives) |
| business business sector | business concerns collectively, Government and business could not agree |
| big business | commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies, big business is growing so powerful it is difficult to regulate it effectively |
firm
house business firm | the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments, he worked for a brokerage house |
manufacturer
maker
manufacturing business | a business engaged in manufacturing some product |