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affairs
PLURAL NOUN:

1. matters of commercial or public interest or concern; the transactions of public or private business or finance:
affairs of state; Before taking such a long trip you should put all your affairs in order; current affairs.

2. personal or business interests:
his affairs were in disorder.

3. commercial, professional, public, or personal business:
handles the company's public affairs; an expert in foreign affairs.

Examples:

After the war, the government focused on its own domestic affairs;  They accused the U.S. of interfering in the internal affairs of other nations. —Merriam-Webster. 

Origin:

1250–1300; earlier affaire < French, Old French afaire for a faire to do, equivalent to a (< Latin ad to) + faire ≪ Latin facere; replacing Middle English afere < Old French. Dictionary 2: C13: from Old French, from à faire to do. —Dictionary.com. //

First Known Use: 14th century. History and Etymology: Middle English aferes "activities," affaire "enterprise," borrowed from Anglo-French afaire, affere "business, activity, enterprise, matter, topic, situation," from the phrase a faire "to do," from a "to" (going back to Latin ad) + faire "to do," going back to Latin facere — more at at entry 1, do entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.

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