Tycoon

Word TYCOON
Character 6
Hyphenation ty coon
Pronunciations /taɪˈkuːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Tycoon"

What do we mean by tycoon?

A wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; a magnate. noun

Used formerly as a title for a Japanese shogun. noun

The title by which the shoguns of Japan were known to foreigners from the signing of the treaty negotiated in 1854 by Commodore Matthew Perry, on behalf of the United States, and Iyesada, the shogun and supposed “temporal emperor “of Japan, to the end of the shogunate in 1868, but never recognized by the Japanese. noun

The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners. noun

A wealthy and powerful business person. noun

A very wealthy or powerful businessman noun

A wealthy and powerful business person.

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The word "tycoon" in example sentences

Because while the 26-year-old internet tycoon is estimated to be worth $6. 9bn, he is a paper billionaire. ❋ Phillip Inman (2010)

With a net worth of $1.75 billion -- up from $1.06 billion a year ago -- the tycoon is No. 37 on this year's list of India's richest people. ❋ Anuradha Raghunathan (2010)

November 2nd, 2009 Virgin tycoon SIR RICHARD BRANSON has deserted his efforts to sinecure a heroic commander of a miraculous Hudson River craft pile-up for his intergalactic spaceship mission. ❋ Admin (2009)

The media tycoon is worth £1. 3bn but he has little time for his fellow Russian oligarchs ❋ Mark Tran (2010)

She begins to correspond with club members and, after deciding to visit them, becomes enmeshed in their lives – though a handsome American publishing tycoon is courting her back in London. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ex-record-label tycoon sold his Zomba Recordings , onetime label for Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, to BMG for $2.7 billion in 2002. ❋ Paul Maidment (2006)

The three British billionaire ex-pats are retailer Philip Green, or more exactly his wife Christina though they count as one for the purposes of our list; Clive Calder, the South African born ex-record-label tycoon who discovered Britney Spears; and currency trader turned investor Joseph Lewis. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Gingrich had accepted a multimillion-dollar book advance from a Rupert Murdoch company while the media tycoon was an interested party to legislation pending in Congress. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Mbalula also appeared to reject the notion of tycoon Tokyo Sexwale as a compromise candidate for the leadership. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Working alongside the tycoon was a "tremendous learning experience" he said, adding that Fridman had the unique skill of making "hardly any wrong decisions". ❋ Unknown (2006)

Alliot-Marie's office confirmed she had accepted a flight during a holiday in late December last year -- after the start of protests against Ben Ali's regime -- but denied the tycoon was a close associate of the then-dictator. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The court disclosed that last October, before Wang was convicted and sentenced, intelligence coming from sources inside his business group had already indicated that the tycoon might be a flight risk. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The tycoon is a top ruling party official close to President Hosni Mubarak's powerful son, Gamal. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The tycoon is a top ruling party official close to President Hosni Mubarak's powerful son, ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ultimately, though, it's the "tycoon" part of Teddy that makes The Philanthropist so deeply silly. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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