Business

n.	1.	That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure. Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? - Luke ii. 49.
	2.	Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.
	3.	Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions. It seldom happens that men of a studious turn acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge of business. - Bp. Popteus.
	4.	That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission. The daughter of the King of France, On serious business, craving quick despatch, Importunes personal conference. - Shak. What business has the tortoise among the clouds? - L'Estrange.
	5.	Affair; concern; matter; - used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words. It was a gentle business, and becoming The action of good women. - Shak. Bestow Your needful counsel to our business. - Shak.
	6.	(Drama) The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.
	7.	Care; anxiety; diligence. To do one's business to ruin one. To make (a thing) one's business to occupy one's self with a thing as a special charge or duty. - Wycherley. To mean business to be earnest.

Noun	1.	business - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" Synonyms: business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern
	2.	business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" Synonyms: business enterprise, commercial enterprise
	3.	business - business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree" Synonyms: business sector
	4.	business - the volume of business activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
	5.	business - a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"
	6.	business - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" Synonyms: job, line of work, occupation, line
	7.	business - an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"
	8.	business - incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" Synonyms: byplay, stage business
	9.	business - customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele" Synonyms: clientele, patronage

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