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cut
Verb
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If you make something shorter or divide it in pieces, you cut it.
Jared cut the meat using his knife and fork.
In the lumber mill, the logs are then cut into boards.
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To hurt with a blade.
I cut my hand.
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To stop something.
They cut the electricity.
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To edit, shorten, or censor (a film).
The film was cut by ten minutes.
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If you remove something to put it somewhere else, you cut it.
Ben cut the text from the Word document and pasted it into another.
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If the picture changes from one scene to another, the scene cuts to another.
cut
Noun
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A scratch, opening in the skin or a surface.
She had a cut on her arm.
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A reduction; lessening.
There was a cut in prices.
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A small piece removed by cutting is a cut.
I will take a cut of beef.
business
Noun
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Business is the buying and selling of things or services.
I am in the business of catching fish and selling them.
The tax changes will be hard for small business.
It's difficult to learn good business practices on your own.
The company is a leader in the banking business.
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A business is a group that does business; a company.
Many businesses use computers.
Darren became half owner of the family business.
He was a silent partner in the printing business.
It was the perfect place for a start-up business.
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Business is the things that you have to do.
They went on with business as usual.
We have one more piece of unfinished business to look at before we leave.
profits
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noun
(= net income)
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
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noun
(= win)
something won (especially money)