a. a person employed in a business at a managerial level, especially an executive or proprietor. This term is seldom applied to technical specialists, unless they are part of upper management. [ PJC ]
[しょうばいにん, shoubainin](n) (1) merchant; trader; (2) expert (professional) in a given trade or profession; shrewd businessman; expert; (3) (See 商売女, 水商売) woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine[Add to Longdo]