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firm

  • noun
  • /fɜːm/

A business enterprise, however organized.

Other meanings

  1. A business partnership; the name under which it trades.

  2. A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.

Synonyms

  • business firm

Example sentences

  • “I stand firm, rooted in my beliefs.”

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Word history

From German "Firma" (business, name of business).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “firm” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.