small

/smɔːl/ adjective

Definition

› limited in size, amount, activity, etc.: Loans help small firms fund training. The company made a small profit last year.

› not very important or likely to cause problems: Verna said the review team would not mire itself in such small details. In the construction industry, small mistakes can become multi-million dollar problems.

(Definition of small adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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