1. Matters of personal concern
   "get his affairs in order";
   - personal business, personal matters, business
    
2. Transactions of professional or public interest
   "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state"

1. A vaguely specified concern
   "it is none of your affair";
   - matter, thing
    
2. A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
   "The politician's affair with his secretary became a public scandal";
   - affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour

Type of: concern, dealing, dealings, sexual relationship, transaction

Encyclopedia: Affairs