gesheft

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Definitions

  • n. Business.

  • n. (plural: 'gesheftn') Business partners.

  • v. (have gesheft with) To be friends with; have things in common with.

Example Sentences

  • "Who knew that nursing homes would be such a good gesheft to get into?"

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • געשעפֿט gesheft

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • Great Britain
      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      gescheft

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