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noun a vaguely specified concern
noun a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
noun a vaguely specified social event
originFrom Middle English afere, affere, from Old French afaire, from a- + faire (“to do”), from Latin ad- + facere (“to do”). See fact, and compare ado.
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