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  1. busi·ness
    [ˈbiznəs]
    noun
    business (noun)
    businesses (plural noun)
    1. a person's regular occupation, profession, or trade:
      "she had to do a lot of smiling in her business"
      "are you here on business?"
      • the practice of making one's living by engaging in commerce:
        "the jewelry business"
        "the business community"
        "the world of business"
        "whom do you do business with in Manila?"
        • informal
          an affair or series of events, typically a scandalous or discreditable one:
          "they must be told about this blackmailing business"
          • theatrical slang
            actions other than dialogue performed by actors:
            "a piece of business"
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            noun
            ˈbiznəs
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            Old English bisignis ‘anxiety’ (see busy, -ness); the sense ‘state of being busy’ was used from Middle English down to the 18th century, but is now differentiated as busyness. The use ‘appointed task’ dates from late Middle English, and from it all the other current senses have developed.
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