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incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"

the volume of business activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"

an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"

business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"

a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"

incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"

the volume of business activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"

a rightful concern or responsibility; used in such phrases as"it's none of your business" or"mind your own business"

an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"

business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"

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.

Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.

Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.

That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.

The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.

Care; anxiety; diligence.

Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.

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.

Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.

Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.

That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.

The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.

Care; anxiety; diligence.

Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.

The interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale, between different countries or between populations within the same country. It includes trade (the buying, selling, or exchanging of commodities, whether wholesale or retail) and business (the purchase and sale of goods to make a profit). (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, p411, p2005 & p283)

Employment; trade; profession; something necessary to be done; duty; mission; right of action; affair; matter; vocation; engagement.

Pertaining to business.

Employment: engagement: trade, profession, or occupation: one's concerns or affairs: a matter or affair.

Employment; occupation; trade; a matter or affair.

An occupation; trade; profession; calling.

A matter or affair; interest; concern; duty.

n. That which busies one; employment;—any occupation for a livelihood or gain;—traffic in general;—concern; right of action, interference or interposition;—affair; transaction;—used in many senses, modified by the connected words.

Employment, multiplicity of affairs; an affair; the subject of action; serious engagement; right of action; a matter of question; To do one's business, to kill, destroy, or ruin him.