Thesaurus results for BUSINESSMAN

businessman

noun

Definition of businessman

as in entrepreneur

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Recent Examples of businessman Carrie and her brother—pictured here in the early 1960s—moved with their mother to a house in Beverly Hills owned by Reynolds’ second husband, successful businessman Harry Karl. — Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026 While visiting there, American businessman Milton Reynolds came across the instrument. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Oct. 2026 Pike now lives in north London with her partner, the businessman Robie Uniacke, and their two sons, Solo, 14, and Atom, 12. — Sarah Crompton, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026 The Vizcaya, which was once the estate of businessman James Deering, is owned by Miami-Dade County and operated by the nonprofit Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for businessman

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Executives are expected to make decisions, entrepreneurs are encouraged to move quickly and investors are expected to recognize value before everyone else does.

— Michael Ligon, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The piece was commissioned by banker and entrepreneur Otto Primavesi, who, with his wife Eugenia, was a major patron of the arts and commissioned Klimt to paint two family portraits in 1912.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of entrepreneur

Noun

Before buying or booking anything, make sure to keep final approval, set spending limits and check a merchant’s cancellation and return policies.

— Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Until now, digital merchants and financial networks have shunned such payments as impractical, due in part to processing costs.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of merchant

Noun

Polymarket can, for example, see the number of trades being made, the total value of buys and sells, how much traders are wagering relative to their overall activity, and their total profits and losses.

— Melissa Lee,Paige Tortorelli, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
The cost of the drugs there and in the private market limits their use, the philanthropist and former energy trader John Arnold notes.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of trader

Noun

An economic model to forecast what a market or a buyer is likely to do, which cannot be faked by a chatbot with a confident tone.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
Rosie Wrighting, Labour MP for Kettering and former fashion buyer for Asos, felt the budget was pro-growth.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of buyer

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