business owner

collocation in English

meaningsofbusinessandowner

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business
noun
uk
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
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owner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈəʊ.nər/us
/ˈoʊ.nɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofbusinessandownerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbusiness owner

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I code 1 for a candidate if he or she is a celebrity, millionaire, real estate developer,businessowner, president or top executive of a company and so on.
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An average smallbusinessowneralready spends roughly 28 hours per month filling in forms as a result of legislation.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
That is the first reaction of any worthwhilebusinessowneror business manager in this country.
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The first is a very comfortably-off singlebusinessowneror high executive who earns perhaps £10,000 a year.
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For a potential smallbusinessowner, starting up is a frightening prospect, but it can be made easier.
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But the problem is that that is exactly what the smallbusinessowneris expected to do.
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Now they are proposing that civil servants can search one's whole property, including one's house, and make any property orbusinessownerliable to large fines or imprisonment.
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What is to be done in the case of thebusinessowner, the corporation, the partnership, the firm or company which perhaps owns many hundreds of vehicles?
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She also has been a successful smallbusinessowner.
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His mother was a public school teacher and smallbusinessowner.
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Similar principles apply to rental property occupants, occupants of public buildings like schools, and customers exposed by abusinessowner.
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He is a musician, entrepreneur andbusinessowner.
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He was a smallbusinessownerfrom 1995 until 1997.
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In 1994, one hardworkingbusinessownerstarted operating for 24 hours due to the growing demand.
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He is a formerbusinessownerand elections attorney.
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It features the exploits of a small outdoorsbusinessowner, his family, friends and customers.
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He was an accountant andbusinessownerbefore entering politics.
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He admitted to accepting a $10,000 bribe from abusinessownerwho faced numerous health and safety inspections violations.
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Additionally, as a formerbusinessownershe knows the challenges of going it alone.
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