businesspeople

plural noun

busi·​ness·​peo·​ple ˈbiz-nəs-ˌpē-pəl How to pronounce businesspeople (audio)
-nəz-
: persons active in business

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Insight realization is an iterative process, and businesspeople must drive it. Bill Waid, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 An appropriate beach book for them, offering hefty thoughts decidedly relevant to businesspeople, would be Leading to Thrive by Klaus Kleinfeld. Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025 The country is full of businesspeople with the optimism, the daring, or the foolishness to try disrupting sectors. Dan Wang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025 The gruff, obstinate, and opinionated bartender was a longtime fixture of Milwaukee's bar scene, providing a home for 45 years to an eclectic crowd of police officers, businesspeople, lawyers, college kids and neighbors. Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 17 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for businesspeople

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1827, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of businesspeople was in 1827

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businesspeople

plural noun
busi·​ness·​peo·​ple -ˌspē-pəl How to pronounce businesspeople (audio)
: persons active in business

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