concern : Idioms & Phrases
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banking concern
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noun a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
depository financial institution; bank; banking company.
- he cashed a check at the bank
- that bank holds the mortgage on my home
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business concern
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noun a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
business organisation; business organization; business; concern.
- he bought his brother's business
- a small mom-and-pop business
- a racially integrated business concern
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earthly concern
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noun the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
world; earthly concern; earth.
- they consider the church to be independent of the world
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packaging concern
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noun a company that packages goods for sale or shipment or storage
packaging company.
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printing concern
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noun a company that does commercial printing
printing business; printing company.
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self-concern
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noun concern for your own interests and welfare
self-centeredness; self-interest; egocentrism; egoism.
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Self`-con*cern" noun
Definitions
Concern for one's self.
Webster 1913
The whole concern
- all connected with a particular affair or business.
Webster 1913
worldly concern
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noun the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
world; earthly concern; earth.
- they consider the church to be independent of the world