affair
af.fair \*-'fa(*)r, -'fe(*)r\ n also af.faire also affaire [ME & MF; ME affaire, fr. MF, fr. a faire to do] pl 1a: commercial, professional, or public business 1b: MATTER, CONCERN 2: a procedure, action, or occasion only vaguely specified; also : an object or collection of objects only vaguely specified 3a: a romantic or passionate attachment typically of limited duration : (MLIAISON 3b: a matter occasioning public anxiety, controversy, or scandal : CAS E