affair
 af·fair (ə-fârʹ)n.
1. Something done or to be done; business.
2. affairs Transactions and other matters of professional or public business:
affairs of state.
3.
a. An occurrence, event, or matter:
The senator's death was a tragic affair.
b. A social function.
4. An object or a contrivance:
Their first car was a ramshackle affair.
5. A matter of personal concern.
6. affairs Personal business:
get one's affairs in order.
7. A matter causing public scandal and controversy:
the Dreyfus affair.
8. A romantic and sexual relationship, sometimes one of brief duration, between two people who are not married to each other. [Middle English affaire, from Old French afaire, from a faire, to do : a, to (from Latin ad. See ad-) + faire, to do (from facere. See dhē- in Indo-European Roots).]
Synonyms: affair, business, concern, lookout
These nouns denote something that involves one personally: I won't comment on that; it's not my affair. That's none of your business. Mind your own concerns. It's your lookout to file your application on time.
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