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# businessman

noun (a businessman, businessmen)

«businessman» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A man who works in business, for example running a company, buying and selling, or working in an office in trade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/businessman/#m1)
2. A man who is good at making deals and money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/businessman/#m2)

### In the lessons

In money and careers lessons, businesspeople start and run companies, sell products and hire workers. In stories, a businessman may wear a suit and carry a briefcase, but business people come in all kinds. Phrases: «a successful businessman», «a local businessman».

### Examples

- The businessman opened three new shops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/businessman/#x1)
- My dad is a businessman who sells bikes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/businessman/#x2)
- A local businessman paid for the new playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/businessman/#x3)
- The businessman flew to Tokyo for a meeting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/businessman/#x4)
- He became a businessman after starting a lemonade stand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/businessman/#x5)
- Businessmen and businesswomen met at the conference. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/businessman/#x6)

### Note

Irregular plural: businessmen. For a woman: businesswoman; neutral: businessperson or business people. Spelling trap: «business» has no letter between «s» and «i»: b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «businessman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/businessman/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«businessman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/businessman.html) on Mova free.