Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of businessperson.
Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
Synonyms & antonyms
nounpeople who transact business (especially business executives)
Similar
business people
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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