The daughter of the King of France,
On serious business, craving quick despatch,
Importunes personal conference.
Shak.
What business has the tortoise among the clouds?
L'Estrange.
5. Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.
It was a gentle business, and becoming
The action of good women.
Shak.
Bestow
Your needful counsel to our business.
Shak.
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.