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To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.

, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large…

An affair in hand; business; enterprise. [Obs.] "Leave we him to his events." Shak.

Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business. He had . . . that sort of exactness which would have made him a respectable antiquary. Macaulay.

ce where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change. Arbitration of exchange. See under Arbitration. -- Bill of exchange. See under Bill. -- Exchange broker. See under Broker. -- Par of exchange, the established value of the co…

Enlargement or extension of business transaction; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.

To hasten; to expedite. [Obs.] "To expediate their business." Sir E. Sandys.

A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon. W. D. Howells.

Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.

series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as may be most suitable to the moral. Dryden.

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the poss…

The business of a factor.

A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. "The Company's factory at Madras." Burke.

A person employed to do all kinds of work or business. B. Jonson.

The refuse or meaner part of anything. The fag-end of business. Collier.

to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.

A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.

in of climbing high. Shak. To a busy man, temptation is fainto climb up together with his business. Jer. Taylor.

o make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science.

Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.] The warder chid and made fare. Chaucer.