businessperson
noun
busi·ness·per·son
ˈbiz-nəs-ˌpər-sᵊn 
-nəz-
variants
or business person
plural businesspeople
ˈbiz-nəs-ˌpē-pəl
-nəz-
or business people also businesspersons or business persons
: a person and especially an executive who transacts business : a businessman or businesswoman
Examples of businessperson in a Sentence
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The verdict is the first death sentence for a private businessperson for financial crime.
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Charlie Campbell, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
The kids wouldn’t understand all the ways a clever businessperson could take advantage of them.
—Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024
Inspired by how Bloomberg ran the City like a businessperson, Tuchman returned to school to earn an MBA and a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The role of a music manager is an elusive one, based largely on the kind of relationship between the businessperson and the musician.
—Massimo Marioni, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
McGonigal traveled with the businessperson and met with Albanian officials for their own business interests.
—Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024
Today’s CEOs are expecting their CHRO to start thinking—and talking—like a businessperson.
—Ryan Wong, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Ripken, who has become a businessperson in the years since his retirement from playing baseball in 2001, is part of the Orioles’ new ownership group, according to a news release from the Orioles and David Rubenstein, who has agreed to buy a control stake in the team from the Angelos family.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
And that’s as a businessperson, that’s as a creative.
—Damien Scott, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2024
Charlie Campbell, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
The kids wouldn’t understand all the ways a clever businessperson could take advantage of them.
—Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024
Inspired by how Bloomberg ran the City like a businessperson, Tuchman returned to school to earn an MBA and a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The role of a music manager is an elusive one, based largely on the kind of relationship between the businessperson and the musician.
—Massimo Marioni, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
McGonigal traveled with the businessperson and met with Albanian officials for their own business interests.
—Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024
Today’s CEOs are expecting their CHRO to start thinking—and talking—like a businessperson.
—Ryan Wong, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Ripken, who has become a businessperson in the years since his retirement from playing baseball in 2001, is part of the Orioles’ new ownership group, according to a news release from the Orioles and David Rubenstein, who has agreed to buy a control stake in the team from the Angelos family.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
And that’s as a businessperson, that’s as a creative.
—Damien Scott, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2024
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businessperson
noun
busi·ness·per·son
-ˌspər-sᵊn
: a businessman or businesswoman
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