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Q&A Why ‘going’, in “going concern”?

This quote explains that in “going concern”, ‘going’ means ‘ongoing’. No, it's not a "concern" in the sense of "worries". It's a concern in the sense of "commercial enterprise, entity". Simila...

1 answer  ·  posted 6mo ago by Nen‭  ·  last activity 5mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A How does 'counting' relate to ‘course of business dealings requiring records’, ‘arrangement to keep money in a business, bank, etc.’?

I saw this at https://english.stackexchange.com/q/624915, but it got closed without answer. I would like answers, thx. Etymonline commences with c. 1300, "counting," especially "reckoning of money...

0 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by Nen‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by Nen‭

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Q&A How did “-able” semantically shift to mean “requiring”?

Etymonline on "-able" doesn't expound the origin of "requiring". -able common termination and word-forming element of English adjectives (typically based on verbs) and generally adding a notion...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by PSTH‭  ·  edited 3y ago by PSTH‭