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To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes. To farm their subjects and their duties toward these. Burke.

The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead. [Eng.]

The business of cultivating land.

; profundity; reach; penetration. [R.] Another of his fathom they have none To lead their business. Shak.

t sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See Principal challenge, under Challenge. -- In favor of, upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. -- In favor with, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by. -- To curry favor Etym: [see the…

A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.

Eager; earnest; intent. [Obs.] I am so fell to my business. Pepys.

In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.

sole trader or merchant (Eng. Law), a married woman, by the custom of London, engages in business on her own account, inpendently of her husband.

eeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing. Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. Rom. iii. 11. So spake the fervent angel. Milton. A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind. Macaulay. -- Fer"vent*ly, adv. -- Fer"vent*ness, n. Laboring fervently for you in prayers. Col.…

To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. [Prov. Eng.] Bp. Hall.

A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company.

The name, title, or style, under which a company transacts business; a partnership of two or more persons; a commercial house; as, the firm of Hope & Co.

A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery.

The business or practice of catching fish; fishing. Addison.

on not involving considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture. [Cant] Bartlett.

Vocation; business; profession.

Fairfax. And Heaven defend your good souls, that you think I will your serious and great business scant, For she with me. Shak.

A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Chucrch, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc.

liarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession. Tradesmen . . . going about their functions. Shak. The malady which made him incapable of performing his regal functions. Macaulay.