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BUSINESS FIRM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
Example:
he worked for a brokerage house
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("business firm" is a kind of...):
business; business concern; business organisation; business organization; concern (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business firm"):
corp; corporation (a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state)
accounting firm (a firm of accountants who provide accounting and auditing services for a fee)
consulting company; consulting firm (a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee)
publisher; publishing company; publishing firm; publishing house (a firm in the publishing business)
dealer (a firm engaged in trading)
law firm (a firm of lawyers)
auction house (a firm that conducts auctions)
