vohAra [vi+avahAra] (PTS.dic.) 1. trade, business M ii.360; Sn 614 (vohAraM upajIvati); J i.495; ii.133, 202; v.471; PvA 111, 278. 2. current appellation, 【 common use (of language) 】 , 【 popular logic 】, common way of defining, usage, designation, term, cognomen; 【 (adj.) ( -- vohAra) so called 】 SnA 383, 466, 483 (laddha vohAra so -- called); DA i.70; PvA 56, 231 (laddha vohAra padesa, with the name) VvA 8, 72 (pANo ti vohArato satto), 108 (loka nirULhAya samaJJAya v.). 【 ariya -- vohAra proper (i. e. Buddhist) mode of speech 】 (opp. anariya vohAra 【 unbuddhist or vulgar, common speech 】 ) D iii.232; A ii.246; iv.307; Vin iv.2; Vbh 376, 387. lokiya -- vohAra common definition, 【 general way of speech 】 SnA 382. On term see also Dhs. trsln § 1306. * * * * * * * 3. lawsuit, law, lawful obligation; juridical practice, jurisprudence (cp. vohArika) Sn 246 (vohAra kUTa fraudulent lawyer); J ii.423 (vohAraM sAdheti to claim a debt by way of law, or a lawful debt); vi.229; DhA iii.12 (vohAra uAajIvin a lawyer); SnA 289. 4. name of a sea -- monster, which gets hold of ships J v.259.