empire
/ˈempaɪər/ noun [C]Definition
› a large group of businesses that are controlled by a powerful company or person: build/create/expand an empire Entrepreneur Rocco Forte built his empire from budget hotels and motorway services.control/run an empire Besides running a fashion empire, he also functioned as director of no less than three banks. an entertainment/media/publishing empire a business/property empire a gobal/international/worldwide empire
(Definition of empire noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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