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business end

noun
/ˈbɪznɪs ˌɛnd/

Etymology

From business (noun) + end (noun).

  1. derived from *andijōną✻
  2. derived from endian
  3. derived from enden
  4. inherited from *h₂entíos✻ — “forehead; front”
  5. inherited from *andijaz✻ — “end”
  6. inherited from *andī✻
  7. inherited from ende
  8. inherited from ende
  9. compounded as business end — “business + end”

Definitions

  1. The part of a day, event, or place (such as a city or district) used for business…

    The part of a day, event, or place (such as a city or district) used for business activities.

    • The improvements of the town have been nearly stationary for several years past; but the construction of the Ohio Grand canal through it, has given new life and activity to its business end improvements.

  2. The part of an object (chiefly a tool or weapon) that is physically used for its…

    The part of an object (chiefly a tool or weapon) that is physically used for its operation, rather than some other part such as the part by which it is held.

    • staring down the business end of a [calibre of pistol here]
    • The business end of a hammer is known as the head.

  3. The part of an activity, period of time, etc., which is most important and produces the…

    The part of an activity, period of time, etc., which is most important and produces the significant result.

    • There is even an example of convergent evolution at a molecular level in two enzymes, one from soil bacteria and the other from man, which have exactly the same patterns of amino acids at the "business ends."
    • On this day, with expectation rising and the unmistakable feeling around this sweeping Samara Stadium that the World Cup is really reaching the business end, England delivered.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for business end. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA