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Definition of a bread and butter
bread and butter
noun
- the main source of income for a business.
Software is our bread and butter.
Citation from "Pilot", American Dad (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2005) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Barbecue ribs are my bread and butter.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: money.
Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Jeff K. from Reno, NV, USA on Sep 01 2002.
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Other terms relating to 'business (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: to take something vertical, i.e. to upper management. | |
| Definitions include: one view that surfaces essential business data, often from multiple sources. | |
| Definitions include: to go free from a criminal charge. | |
| Definitions include: a corporate performance review system in which employees are ranked in their performance, and the bottom-performing employees are terminated. | |
| Definitions include: "very". | |
| Definitions include: "specification". | |
| Definitions include: a fictional business report made popular by the film "Office Space" and used in the TV show "Lost." | |
| Definitions include: a person's primary skill. | |
| Definitions include: a small, often decrepit business. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "small office / home office". | |
| Definitions include: to do nothing of value. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "conference call". | |
| Definitions include: McDonald's. | |
| Definitions include: contraction of "mobile out of office worker". | |
| Definitions include: to punish one or more people due to a mistake, usually in a workplace environment or business context. | |
Other terms relating to 'money': | |
| Definitions include: coin money. | |
| Definitions include: someone's hidden savings, usually of money or drugs. | |
| Definitions include: money. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "mother-in-law". | |
| Definitions include: money. | |
| Definitions include: $2 Canadian coin. | |
| Definitions include: a five pound note. | |
| Definitions include: Money. | |
| Definitions include: money. | |
| Definitions include: to recline, as in a reclining chair. | |
| Definitions include: money. | |
| Definitions include: admission paid to get into a bar, dance club, etc. | |
| Definitions include: a Canadian one dollar coin. | |
| Definitions include: money. | |
| Definitions include: having three children in rapid succession (generally following the marriage of a young couple). | |
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Other terms relating to 'and': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "assault and battery". | |
| Definitions include: "rain". | |
| Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''. | |
| Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action. | |
| Definitions include: clumsy. | |
| Definitions include: better than all that. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: without substance; all talk and no action. | |
| Definitions include: a lot of money. | |
| Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket | |
| Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount. | |
| Definitions include: et cetera. | |
| Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount. | |
| Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned. | |
| Definitions include: interjection of agreement. | |
Other terms relating to 'bread': | |
| Definitions include: something excellent, useful, etc. | |
| Definitions include: money. | |
| Definitions include: vagina | |
| Definitions include: in the user interface of a software product (including websites,) something that displays the locations that the user has recently viewed or visited. | |
| Definitions include: rhyming slang for "dead". | |
| Definitions include: to not upset those that can help you. | |
| Definitions include: genital slime; coochie cheese. | |
| Definitions include: bland, uninspired, boring, or insipid. | |
| Definitions include: having worth, or any contribution to society. | |
Other terms relating to 'butter': | |
| Definitions include: nonsense; "bullshit". | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: to knuckle down; to submit to; to melt down; to be unable to take the heat; to give in. | |
| Definitions include: inebriated. | |
| Definitions include: a woman with an attractive body, but an ugly face. | |
| Definitions include: very ugly. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: to flatter, especially for future gain. | |
| Definitions include: sweat and other substances that gather near the genitals. | |
| Definitions include: sweat and other substances that gather near the genitals. | |
| Definitions include: to be on the receiving end of anal intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: to not upset those that can help you. | |
| Definitions include: Semen. | |
| Definitions include: semen. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "peanut butter." | |
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