·noun Care; anxiety; diligence.
II. Business ·noun That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.
III. Business ·noun Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.
IV. Business ·noun Affair; concern; matter;
— used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.
V. Business ·noun Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.
VI. Business ·noun The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.
VII. Business ·noun 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.