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family-run

family-run adjective: of a business or establishment, that is owned and operated by a family.

Adjective

family-run (not comparable)

  1. Of a business or establishment, that is owned and operated by a family.

Questions about family-run

What does family-run mean?
Family-run means of a business or establishment, that is owned and operated by a family.
What part of speech is family-run?
Family-run is an adjective.

Words near family-run in the dictionary

  1. family wage
  2. family wages
  3. family woman
  4. family-friendliness
  5. family-friendly
  6. family-run
  7. family-sized
  8. family-style
  9. family-valuer
  10. family-valuers
  11. familygram

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