Thesaurus results for BUSINESSMAN

businessman

noun

Definition of businessman

as in entrepreneur

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Recent Examples of businessman The ship's first owner was businessman Eric Smidt, who sold it to Australian billionaire businessman Brett Blundy. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Norwich are majority owned by American businessman Mark Attanasio, who also controls Major League Baseball club the Milwaukee Brewers. — Sam Joseph, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Separately, in June, Bartiromo was one of several Fox News and Fox Business hosts to read an on-air apology after businessman and frequent Fox guest Kevin O’Leary made claims about Utah data centers during appearances on the network. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 Acun Ilicali is a Turkish media businessman worth millions of dollars. — Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for businessman

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Noun

Organizers say the monthly markets provide opportunities for entrepreneurs and artists to showcase their work while encouraging residents to shop local.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Holmes founded Theranos in 2003 and became one of Silicon Valley’s most celebrated young entrepreneurs by claiming the company could perform a wide range of medical tests using only a few drops of blood.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of entrepreneur

Noun

With merchant bookings, the company sits inside the transaction, handling processing, currency conversion, refunds and fraud for small hotels that could never build that infrastructure themselves.

— Isabella Gao, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Black pepper from India became particularly prized in Roman cooking, while Arabian ports and merchants played an important role in trade between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of merchant

Noun

This border crossing was once a bustling nexus for tourists and traders moving between China and Nepal.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
The stronger-than-expected numbers have fed funds futures traders betting on a Federal Reserve rate hike this month, as the data points to a resilient labor market alongside inflation still above the Fed’s 2% target.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of trader

Noun

The veteran buyer and merchandising chief, who joined retail giant Boyner last year to develop the Communité concept after a long career at Beyman, was weaned on luxury but had a field day scouting new brands, about 60 percent of them new to Turkey.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Buyers who rolled that old debt into a new-car loan are projected to pay $16,270 in interest over the life of it — nearly $6,500 more than the average new-car buyer.

— Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of buyer

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