businessmen

noun

Definition of businessmennext
plural of businessman
as in entrepreneurs

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  1. entrepreneurs
  2. merchants
  3. traders
Noun
  • No longer do entrepreneurs have to go into a bank branch and bring reams of documents to apply for small business funding.
    Rohit Arora, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Many unicorn-potential entrepreneurs are needed, and Silicon Valley attracts the world’s best.
    Dileep Rao, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of entrepreneurs
Noun
  • This means that Amex charges merchants higher discount rates than Visa and Mastercard (about 3%).
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Amex’s customer cohort is attractive to merchants given their higher spending power.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of merchants
Noun
  • While Governor Andrew Bailey has previously signaled four rate cuts could be possible next year, traders are divided over when the Bank of England will resume lowering interest rates.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Men of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads, an association of unmarried merchants and foreign traders, are said to have decorated the tree with artificial roses.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of traders
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businesspeople

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