firm

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/fɜːm/]

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Senses

1. firm (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A business partnership; the name under which it trades.

2. firm (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A business enterprise, however organized.

Example: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.

3. firm (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.

Structure of the word

Roots:

dʰer (Proto-Indo-European)

Connections

Roots: dʰer

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