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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) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Barbecue ribs are my bread and butter.
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Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Jeff K. from Reno, NV, USA on Sep 01 2002.
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brick-and-mortar
noun
- a "traditional" business with a physical presence. Contrast with dot-com.
My grandparents run a brick-and-mortar shop in Missouri.
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Last edited on Feb 21 2013. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Jan 02 2003.
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busy work
noun - uncountable
- work (in a professional or educational setting) that is designed to keep a person busy, but to not permit that person to accomplish anything of note.
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Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 24 2011.
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buy-in
noun - uncountable
- support.
We need to get buy-in from upper management.
Ensures buy in throughout the organization.
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Last edited on Apr 28 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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call up to the majors
verb - transitive
- to offer a promotion in a job or position in life.
Citation from "Open up Your Yenta Mouth and Say Ah", Royal Pains (TV, 2010), Season 2 Episode 12 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on May 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 17 2010.
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case of the Mondays
noun
- general malaise felt on the first day back to work after the weekend.
Sounds like you've got a serious case of the Mondays.
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Last edited on Sep 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.
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casting couch
noun
- a couch on which prospective employees are expected to provide sexual favors in order to secure the position.
Person 1: How did your job interview go? Did you get to visit the "casting couch"?
Person 2: Well, he didn't have a couch. Only a bean-bag chair.- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on Apr 21 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on May 11 2012.
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cat
noun
- a female.
Look at that fine cat across the street.
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Last edited on Sep 22 1997. Submitted by Jose Arellano from Lubbock, TX, USA on Sep 22 1997.
- a person.
He's a strange cat.
Citation from "Meet Juan Doe", Raines (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 2 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002 film) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: dude, person of unspecified gender.
Last edited on Jun 07 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 11 1998.
- a friend, comrade.
All my cats are headed to the party.
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Last edited on Jun 11 1998. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 11 1998.
- the Caterpillar company.
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Last edited on Jul 19 2006. Submitted by Sal J. from Monterey, CA, USA on Jul 19 2006.
verb - transitive
- to imitate, or to take something from someone else and claim as one's own. From "copy-cat".
What you catting my word for?
Last edited on Dec 15 2010. Submitted by Smithy on Mar 19 2010.
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close up shop
verb
- to "close" any location. For example, if one has people over at one's house, one could encourage visitors to leave by saying,
I'm tired, so I think I'm going to close up shop.
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Last edited on Dec 31 2010. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.
- to zip the zipper on one's pants.
Hey, you need to close up shop.
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Last edited on Nov 29 2001. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.
- to close one's place of business for the night.
Citation from "Acid Queen", Reaper (TV), Season 1 Episode 13 (2008) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
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Last edited on Dec 31 2010. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.
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core competency
noun
- a person's primary skill.
What are the expected core competencies of a level 62 developer?
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Last edited on Dec 12 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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