What is another word for "business"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "business": abate, abatement, about, acrobat, activity, adept, admirable, adventure, advocate, agent, agio, alembic, all, allow, allowance, alveary, ambassador, and, anvil, apprentice, arbitrator, armory, atelier, attache, attorney, auctioneer, backwardation, bagman, bailiff, bargain, bate, beauty, beehive, begin, beginning, below, betake, bindery, blade, branch.