business is a Noun
[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. "The business of instruction." Prescott.
[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] 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. [Obs.] Chaucer. To do one`s business, to ruin one. [Colloq.] Wycherley. -- To make (a thing) one`s business, to occupy one`s self with a thing as a special charge or duty. [Colloq.] -- To mean business, to be earnest. [Colloq.]
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