game
noun (ACTIVITY) /ɡeɪm/Definition
› [S] informal an illegal or secret activityCrime - general words › [S] old-fashioned informal a type of business activity: I'm in the stocks and shares game.Business and commerce - general words on the game › UK informal working as a prostitute: She went on the game to pay for her drug habit.Sexual devices and the sex industry › US informal involved in illegal activitiesLegal and illegal
(Definition of game noun (ACTIVITY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- B2B
- B2C
- big business noun (POPULAR)
- Bros. noun
- burn rate noun
- clearing house noun
- deal verb (DO BUSINESS)
- dealings noun
- devolution noun
- devolve sth to sb phrasal verb
- fair trade noun
- globalization noun
- mass market noun
- offshore adjective
- private adjective (NOT OFFICIAL)
- private enterprise noun
- privately adverb (NOT OFFICIAL)
- restrictive trade practice noun
- see the colour of sb's money idiom
- tender noun (OFFER)
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