When used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this section:
(a) "Business" includes all activities engaged in, or caused to be engaged in, with the object of gain or economic benefit, either direct or indirect.
(b) "License year" means the fiscal year beginning July 1, and ending July 30.
(c) "Person" includes any individual, firm, copartnership, joint adventure, association, corporation, or any other group or any other combination acting as a unit, responsible for payment of the fees imposed herein, and the plural as well as the singular number, unless the intention to give a more limited meaning is disclosed by the context.
(d) "Profession" or "occupation" includes all persons herein classed within a named profession or occupation, but shall not include any individual acting as an employee of another for hire, but shall include agents and solicitors.
(e) "Wholesaler" or "jobber" shall apply only to a person doing a regularly organized wholesale or jobbing business known to the trade as such, selling to retail merchants or jobbers or to others, in wholesale quantities and at wholesale prices.