The expression, dealing off the bottom, now means cheating in business, as well as in cards.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

ALLEN: "Well, we are still in show business." BENNY: "Yes,and we thought you could book us."

VOA: special.2009.03.09

The modern tools and his Wild Well Control techniques earned Red Adair and his crews the honor of being called the "best in the business."

VOA: special.2009.03.22

A business,a discovery, a simple event pans out well if it is successful.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

We have been doing business with them." British Petroleum plans to plug the leaking oil well with an experimental well cap.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

But souvenirs have become a major business as well, and at the 2010 Winter Games, souvenirs require almost as much strategy and patience as winning a medal.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

Another time,I was running along. Somebody who'd lost all his moneyin the T-shirt business, he wanted to put my faceon a T-shirt, but he couldn't draw that well, and he didn't have a camera.

VOA: standard.other

"We will gather CEO's and small business owners, economists and financial experts, as well as representatives from labor unions and nonprofit groups,to talk about how we can work together to create jobs and get this economy moving again,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.12