businesspeople

plural noun

busi·​ness·​peo·​ple ˈbiz-nəs-ˌpē-pəl How to pronounce businesspeople (audio)
-nəz-
: persons active in business

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Nexstar is on a mission to help the world’s best tradespeople become the world’s best businesspeople. Julian Scadden, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025 The Blues only brought in new ownership, under the leadership of chairman Justin Rees, in the summer of 2024, and the new ownership, a consortium of largely local businesspeople, could secure promotion in their first season at the helm. Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025 And for those businesspeople bold enough to make the leap during the Trump tariff era, Making It In America is more than just a title. Court Stroud, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 Today’s businesspeople appear to be more directly inspired by the actor Ryan Reynolds’s fortuitous investment in Mint Mobile, another MVNO, which sold for more than $1 billion in 2023. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for businesspeople

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1827, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of businesspeople was in 1827

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businesspeople

plural noun
busi·​ness·​peo·​ple -ˌspē-pəl How to pronounce businesspeople (audio)
: persons active in business

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