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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…

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.
  3. n. Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.
  4. n. That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.
  5. n. Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.
  6. n. The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.
  7. n. Care; anxiety; diligence.
  8. n. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
  9. n. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
  10. n. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
  11. n. a rightful concern or responsibility
  12. n. an immediate objective