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n.; pl. Businesses [ From Busy. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? Luke ii. 49. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession. “The business of instruction.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions. [ 1913 Webster ]

It seldom happens that men of a studious turn acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge of business. Bp. Popteus. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission. [ 1913 Webster ]

The daughter of the King of France,
On serious business, craving quick despatch,
Importunes personal conference. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

What business has the tortoise among the clouds? L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was a gentle business, and becoming
The action of good women. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bestow
Your needful counsel to our business. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Drama) The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Care; anxiety; diligence. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Affairs; concern; transaction; matter; engagement; employment; calling; occupation; trade; profession; vocation; office; duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods; practical and efficient. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. serious and purposeful. [ PJC ]

a. a person employed in a business at a managerial level, especially an executive or proprietor. This term is seldom applied to technical specialists, unless they are part of upper management. [ PJC ]

n. a female businessman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality of being cheesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being clumsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being dressy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being drowsy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the easiness of a task. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your easiness. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

With painful care, but seeming easiness. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being flimsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being fussy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being glassy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Glossy. ] The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Grassy. ] The state of abounding with grass; a grassy state. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fondness for, or interest in, horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being lousy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A business engaged in manufacturing some product.
Syn. -- manufacturer, maker. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Massy. ] The state or quality of being massy; ponderousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Messina, or its inhabitans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being mossy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being noisy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness; tiresomeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being pursy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being queasy; nausea; qualmishness; squeamishness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being rosy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Queasiness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being tipsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being tricksy; trickiness. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

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[ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness; disquietude; anxiety. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of making uneasy; discomfort; as, the uneasiness of the road. [ Obs. ] Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]