businessperson
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈbɪznɪsˌpɜrsən/
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empresario
- In 1985, Lee Kuan Yew made another trip to China, and this spurred Singapore businesspersons to become more active in investing there.
Examples
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By 1988, Singaporean businesspersons had signed 239 contracts worth U.S. $539 million, putting Singapore in fourth place among all investors.
Academic text (1996) -
As a successful businessperson, she made strategic decisions to grow her company.
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It's for the creative professional, the businessperson, or the artist who seeks to create new ideas and work efficiently.
Blog text (13) -
Thus, the businessperson who made the transition to marketing gained a new expertise, a specialty.
Academic text (1997) -
For all these reasons and more, Fortune has named Bezos its 2012 Businessperson of the Year.
Blog text (17) -
And I imagine a responsible businessperson such as yourself, wouldn't sell hardware without a means by which to track said hardware.
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For the second year in a row, Fortune readers have chosen Buffett as their Businessperson of the Year.
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Jack Dorsey is an American software architect and businessperson best known as the creator of Twitter.
Blog text (32) -
The Switchback's creator, LeMarcus Thompson, is a successful businessperson with a background in carpentry and a passion for invention.
Academic text (2011) -
Visa restrictions had to be eased to cultivate the nascent tourist industry and to allow foreign businesspersons to visit easily.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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4.5
A senior manager who makes important decisions in a company
332
2.0
A man who works in business, often owning or running a company
305
6.9
A person who starts a business and risks their own money to earn money
203
2.1
A person or company that buys and sells goods, often in shops
69
3.6
A person who runs a business like a shop
39
4.8
A person who owns a business or building
36
2.5
A woman who has an important job in a company or runs her own business
31
1.9
A person who owns or runs a small store and sells goods to customers
28
2.2
A person who sells things for a store or company
14
3.5
A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions and leads its work
A person who buys and sells goods in a shop or market
How Prominent
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5.5
33
3.0
533
4.5
7
2.9
- Canadian
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2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Businessperson comes from the parts business and person, and business originally meant the 'state of being busy', from the simple word busy. So a businessperson is a person who is busy with business, for example running trade, a company, or other work.