Meaning of व्यवसाय in English

A race course: the ground run over.
A running; full speed; a rapid course.
General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as, Washington's career as a soldier.
The flight of a hawk.
To move or run rapidly.
The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.
That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere.
That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry.
The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.
The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.
Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.
That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure.
Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.
Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.
That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.
Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.
The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.
Care; anxiety; diligence.
of Business
The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade.