successful businessman

collocation in English

meaningsofsuccessfulandbusinessman

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successful
adjective
uk
/səkˈses.fəl/us
/səkˈses.fəl/
achieving the results wanted or ...
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businessman
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɪz.nɪs.mən/us
/ˈbɪz.nɪs.mən/
a man who works in business, especially one who has a high position in ...
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(Definition ofsuccessfulandbusinessmanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thesuccessfulbusinessmanwas both an idol and an ideal.
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He was a simple man, but asuccessfulbusinessman, with a vision and a devotion to the cause of opera.
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I proposed the plan in conjunction with my vice-chairman, who is an astute andsuccessfulbusinessman.
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I am reminded of what thesuccessfulbusinessmansaid to the young man who asked him what was the secret of his success.
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Not everysuccessfulbusinessmanhas a brilliant child, but certainly if he is any good he wants to push that child.
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He was also an extremelysuccessfulbusinessman.
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Everysuccessfulbusinessmanwill say that one of the first essentials of success is to make the fullest use of your resources, and then you reduce your unit costs.
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Meanwhile, he has also been lying to the people of his hometown, telling them what asuccessfulbusinessmanhe has become.
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He has since gone on to become asuccessfulbusinessmanand enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with television appearances in the 2000s.
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After his professional hockey career was over, he became asuccessfulbusinessmanworking in the investment industry.
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He gave up his dream for the sake of his career, and became asuccessfulbusinessman.
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He was asuccessfulbusinessmanwith one of his earliest enterprises being in the nursery business, selling fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, plants and flowers.
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Roselius is known today as asuccessfulbusinessmanwho invented and was the first to market decaffeinated coffee.
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He becomes asuccessfulbusinessman; she's a stay-at-home mom.
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He became asuccessfulbusinessmanand later owned a hotel, a furniture store, and a bank.
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He is also the son of an athlete who later became asuccessfulbusinessman.
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A second uncle was asuccessfulbusinessman, but was found at a golf course looking for mole people.
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After a few years, he becomes a very rich andsuccessfulbusinessman.
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His father was asuccessfulbusinessmanand politician.
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Moscoe is also asuccessfulbusinessmanas a designer and producer of election signs.
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