businesspeople

plural noun busi·ness·peo·ple \ -ˌpē-pəl \

|Updated on: 7 Aug 2018

Definition of businesspeople

: persons active in business

Recent Examples of businesspeople from the Web

The defendants included lawyers, businesspeople and a manager at a nonprofit.

— charles ornstein, New York Times, "New Jersey to Suspend Prominent Psychologist for Failing to Protect Patient Privacy," 29 June 2018
In a country where banks cater mostly to the wealthy and the largest businesses, Kueski fills a niche left unserved by banks by providing fast loans to small businesspeople and the growing middle class.

— andrew selee, Smithsonian, "How Guadalajara Reinvented Itself as a Technology Hub," 13 June 2018
That country’s parliament will hold a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy after graft convictions of businesspeople and officials tied to his conservative Popular Party.

— marley jay, BostonGlobe.com, "Dow sinks almost 400 points following political turmoil in Italy," 29 May 2018
Moreover, López Obrador is emerging as much more pragmatic, reaching out to prominent businesspeople to join his cabinet and politicians to come into his camp.

— whitney eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, "Mexico's man of the people – with an ego," 29 June 2018
And there are those mysterious Chinese-speaking characters, who appeared as members of a military last episode and as businesspeople at the Mesa Hub in Season 1.

— sandra upson, WIRED, "Westworld Recap, Season 2 Episode 8: The Great Ghost Nation Mystery," 11 June 2018
On the Republican side, Gov. Rick Scott has made appearances with local Puerto Rican businesspeople.

— bianca padró ocasio, OrlandoSentinel.com, "These Puerto Ricans who fled Hurricane María's destruction built a community at a Super 8 in Kissimmee. Now, they have to leave it.," 27 June 2018
Reporters were allowed into a Nebraska session among Pruitt, farmers and businesspeople in Lincoln.

— CBS News, "In Trump country, farmers protest Pruitt's ethanol policies," 15 June 2018
Sitting down with Jihan Wu, one gets the sense that the crypto-tycoon might be more at home in a college AV club than in the ranks of the world’s youngest, richest businesspeople.

— robert hackett, Fortune, "The Ledger: Bitcoin Billionaires, R3's Woes, and 'Silicon Valley' Blockchain Advisors," 8 June 2018

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