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Omar
what the difference between businessman , merchant , dealer
there's a trader too
Dec 11, 2012 8:00 PM
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"Businessman" is a general word for a man who works in any kind of business-- basically any kind of white-collar job.
"Merchant" refers more specifically to someone who sells something, often one specific item or category of items, and often in a setting like a marketplace.
"Dealer" refers to either a person or a company from whom/which customers can purchase a certain product. It is also the word we use to refer to people who sell things illegally-- for example, "drug dealer".
And a trader is someone who trades one product for another product, instead of charging money for it.
This is how I personally understand these words as a native speaker of American English. But it's possible that other native speakers might feel differently.
December 11, 2012
there's a trader too
December 11, 2012
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