BUSINESS FIRM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does business firm mean? 

• BUSINESS FIRM (noun)
  The noun BUSINESS FIRM has 1 sense:

1. the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

  Familiarity information: BUSINESS FIRM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUSINESS FIRM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

business firm; firm; house

Context example:

he worked for a brokerage house

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)

 Context examples 

A person working for another person or a business firm on a full- or part-time basis and who receives payment for this work.

(Employee, NCI Thesaurus)