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(<i>n.</i>) 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.<p>2. (<i>n.</i>) Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.<p>3. (<i>n.</i>) Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.<p>4. (<i>n.</i>) That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.<p>5. (<i>n.</i>) Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.<p>6. (<i>n.</i>) The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.<p>7. 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