firm
noun [C] /fɜːm/
/fɝːm/ Definition
B1 a company or business: He works for a law firm called Neil and Vigliano. He's just started working for an accountancy firm/a firm of accountants in Cambridge.Businesses and enterprises
(Definition of firm noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Accounting
- Advertising and marketing
- Applying for a job
- Bills & invoices
- Bosses & managers
- Business - general words
- Buying
- Buying & selling - general words
- Employees & colleagues
- Firing staff
- Industrial action
- Industrial relations
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Negotiating prices
- Office practices
- People who buy things
- People who sell things
- Promoting staff
- Retiring & resigning
- Selling
- Shops & auctions
- Success & failure in business
- Time off
- Traders & entrepreneurs
- Types of employment
- Working hours
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Synonyms and related words:
- acquirer noun
- agency noun (ORGANIZATION)
- answering service noun
- auction house noun
- big business noun (BUSINESS)
- carrier noun (TRANSPORT)
- concern noun (BUSINESS)
- empire noun (ORGANIZATION)
- franchiser noun
- GmbH noun
- group noun (BUSINESS)
- group-wide adjective, adverb
- head office noun
- operator noun
- outfit noun (GROUP)
- publishing house noun
- record label noun
- service industry noun
- shipbuilder noun
- start-up noun
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