shrewd businessman

collocation in English

meaningsofshrewdandbusinessman

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shrewd
adjective
uk
/ʃruːd/us
/ʃruːd/
having or based on a clear understanding and good judgment of a situation, resulting in ...
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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 ofshrewdandbusinessmanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshrewd businessman

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It must be of benefit to anyshrewdbusinessmanor industrialist to be closest to the place where the action is.
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Any importer who imports coal at £9·40 per ton when he can obtain it in this country for £5·80 would not be a veryshrewdbusinessman.
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He was ashrewdbusinessman, and felt right at home at the town market.
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Ashrewdbusinessman, he was domineering and became her manager for months before he proposed.
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Though ashrewdbusinessman, his people skills leave much to be desired.
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He also boasted of being ashrewdbusinessmanby wisely investing the money made from his film career.
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He was a former rider who knew the inside of cycling but also ashrewdbusinessmanwho could negotiate with sponsors.
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Ashrewdbusinessmanand gifted publicist, he often deliberately created queues outside his cinema to stimulate public interest in a film.
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Ashrewdbusinessman, he grew up in a poor background and earned everything he worked for.
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He is described as ashrewdbusinessman.
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He was certainly ashrewdbusinessman.
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Declan is ashrewdbusinessmanwho knows exactly what he wants and how to get it.
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Faludi as ashrewdbusinessmandecided in the last peaceful year to invest his earnings into four percent korona stock investment, which he even placed into a deposit until 1917.
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