0 the part of a city or town where most offices and businesses are:
1 the main part of a city where most of its offices, stores, etc. are:
Office space in Philadelphia's central business district went for $27.24 per square foot.
The company began moving 3,000 employees from an outlying suburb to new headquarters in the central business district.
Lunchtime concerts and weekend events could create a welcoming environment in the middle of the central business district.
Most cities gained population in their central business districts in the 1990s.
The picture showed the hurricane-battered Dominion Tower in New Orleans' Central Business District.
