noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
self-made man/millionaire/businessman
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
american
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Odour-free video turnoff AMERICAN businessmen have been A turning up their noses at video conferencing because they can not smell each other.
black
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The chief beneficiaries of affirmative action are university students and black businessmen , who are the blacks most likely to succeed anyway.
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In order to obtain better prices for their cotton, black businessmen sent it directly to Galveston, thus avoiding local middlemen.
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Pompey, a respected black businessman in Nantucket.
leading
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One leading businessman said this week that up to 70 percent of shares traded every day were being sold overseas.
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Antione Izmery, a leading businessman .
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The audience was made of around 100 leading businessmen , at the sharp end of the recession.
local
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The man behind that is local businessman Colin Smith.
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The holding company manages the investments of local businessman Wayne Huizenga in, among other things, car rental companies.
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Now a further prosecution is pending after a local businessman agreed to act as a prosecution witness.
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To go with his telescopes, Hale helped found Caltech, with ample support from local Pasadena businessmen .
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Her father was a prominent local businessman and the chairman of the Bench.
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If they lived here, local businessmen would benefit.
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In Britain the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen .
old
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By dawn, the 46-year-\#old Agoura Hills businessman dons a wet suit, picks up a surfboard and catches waves.
prominent
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Her father was a prominent local businessman and the chairman of the Bench.
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From 1830 Lille was run by mayors who were prominent businessmen .
small
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He is a small businessman and he likes to deal with small bankers.
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Perhaps the strongest case of dissatisfaction was that of a small businessman .
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Home owners, customers with overdrafts and small businessmen .
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Once upon a time the physician was a small businessman who ran his own practice.
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However, such schemes rest on the assumption that the small businessman already has an idea he wishes to develop.
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Taylor has won the gratitude of many small businessmen for shouting what many have been whispering.
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Existing and potential small businessmen will also be interviewed.
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What's the difference between a small businessman and a pigeon?
successful
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Galloway had made his way in life and was now a successful businessman .
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Perry, a successful businessman , brought a brisk and decisive managerial style to the Defense Department.
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He wanted to get out of the old activist scene and transform himself into a modern, successful businessman .
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Don Basilio is a successful businessman in the wool industry.
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Jaggard's first book was registered with the Stationers' Company on 4 March 1595; he rapidly became a successful businessman .
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He lied when he ran for governor on the platform of being a successful businessman and political outsider.
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Like all successful businessmen , John was willing to delegate responsibility to a trusted circle of people while he developed new contacts.
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Jay and I have taught tens of thousands of successful businessmen andwomen.
top
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And far from silently resenting the city fat cats, they believe top businessmen deserve success.
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He is starting to discuss the nation's problems with top businessmen .
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One of its features is a portrait of some top businessman anywhere in the world.
wealthy
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Woolgar was a wealthy Sussex businessman whose only son was the priest at St Joseph's in Banfield.
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But the wealthy businessmen who hitherto have been his best customers are counting their change these days.
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The wealthy London-based businessman said his loyalties were with Middlesbrough.
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Terry Lierman, a wealthy businessman and lobbyist, had been considered the leading candidate among Democrats to challenge Morella next year.
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For Nina Liebermann, solution was a chance acquaintance with a wealthy businessman .
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Arizonans have a habit of embracing wealthy businessmen with virtually no elective experience.
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He picked up a £142,000 payoff from wealthy businessman Braswell when Clinton granted him a pardon on his last day in office.
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It was the natural choice for the landed gentry and a symbol of aspiration for wealthy businessmen .
young
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The purpose of the meeting was to bring together young scientists, businessmen and journal publishers.
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Her new boyfriend was a young businessman and drove a Sprite and Pam thought he was a good catch.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As often as not, they were the names of her favourite businessmen of the moment.
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But the wealthy businessmen who hitherto have been his best customers are counting their change these days.
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Cantu and San Diego businessmen seem to have had a comfortable relationship.
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In certain cases individual businessmen had considerable success in setting companies on more prosperous paths.
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Mr Duvall is a businessman like yourself, Mr Briscoe!
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The businessmen accused the government of delivering too much inflation and too few tax cuts.
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Whether such a use results in the businessman trading on written standard terms and conditions, is probably a matter of degree.