incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect.

the volume of commercial activity.

a rightful concern or responsibility.

an immediate objective.

business concerns collectively.

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it.

  his business with the cane was hilarious  

  business is good today  

  show me where the business was today  

  it's none of your business  

  mind your own business  

  gossip was the main business of the evening  

  Government and business could not agree  

  he bought his brother's business  

  a small mom-and-pop business  

  a racially integrated business concern