Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One engaged in business.
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- noun A person in
business or one who works at acommercial institution .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
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Examples
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If you call a businessperson evil for making profit, who will be left to produce......
Happy 101st Birthday, Ayn Rand, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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If you call a businessperson evil for making profit, who will be left to produce your high living standards that you have grown accustomed to?
Happy 101st Birthday, Ayn Rand, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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A certain kind of businessperson, I suspect, will buy Where Good Ideas Come From in order to learn to how to come up with a killer business idea, bring it to market, and clean up financially.
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A certain kind of businessperson, I suspect, will buy Where Good Ideas Come From in order to learn to how to come up with a killer business idea, bring it to market, and clean up financially.
The Guardian World News Oliver Burkeman 2010
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For many, the word "businessperson" connotes men in white shirts and stranglehold neckties.
بالاترین 2009
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What kind of businessperson would want to travel to Italy when they prosecute individuals for supervisory responsibility of departments that have made a diligent, good faith effort to comply with the local laws from 10,000 miles away?
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Whether or not that is true is irrelevant to the fact that if you become any kind of entrepreneur or businessperson, you're certain to deal with China.
Dr. Ali Binazir: The Best Languages to Learn in College Dr. Ali Binazir 2011
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Whether or not that is true is irrelevant to the fact that if you become any kind of entrepreneur or businessperson, you're certain to deal with China.
Dr. Ali Binazir: The Best Languages to Learn in College Dr. Ali Binazir 2011
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Whether or not that is true is irrelevant to the fact that if you become any kind of entrepreneur or businessperson, you're certain to deal with China.
Dr. Ali Binazir: The Best Languages to Learn in College Dr. Ali Binazir 2011
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"People can't hold hands with their partner, can't shake hands with a businessperson, they have to change shirts two or three times a day, stuff paper towels under their arms."
Don't sweat it: Perspiring is just body's air conditioning 2011
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