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n; to jog; to hurry. He that rises late must trot all day, and will scarcely overtake his business at night. Franklin.

One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk. Dryden. I have a truant been to chivalry. Shak. To play truant, to stray away; to loiter; especially, to stay out of school without leave. Sir T. Browne

The business of conveying goods on trucks.

One who does business in the way of barter or exchange.

for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.

Involving trust; as, a trusty business. [R.] Shak.

Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough.

ion of; to overset; to overturn; to cause to roll over. (b) To transfer; as, to turn over business to another hand. (c) To read or examine, as a book, while, turning the leaves. "We turned o'er many books together." Shak. (d) To handle in business; to do business to the amount of; as, he turns over millions a year. [Co…

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To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province. O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Isa. xxxviii. 14.

One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business. Beau. & Fl.

The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business. Hakluyt.

Inferior or subordinate work; petty business. Addison.

To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.

The business of an underwriter,

as, a partner, owning one half in a firm, is said to own an undivided half so long as the business continues and his share is not set off to him.

; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business. -- n.

aving any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business.

The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer.

To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business. Use hospitality one to another. 1 Pet. iv. 9.