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family business

family business noun: a business whose owners are all members of the same family; in many cases a small business (a mom-and-pop business), and in other cases one that is large but is closely held and controlled by a family office.

Noun

family business (plural family businesses)

  1. A business whose owners are all members of the same family; in many cases a small business (a mom-and-pop business), and in other cases one that is large but is closely held and controlled by a family office.

family business meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

family business in Tamil

குடும்ப வணிகம்

family business in Tagalog

business whose owners are all members of the same family
negosyo ng pamilya

Forms of family business

pluralfamily businesses

Questions about family business

What does family business mean?
Family business means a business whose owners are all members of the same family; in many cases a small business (a mom-and-pop business), and in other cases one that is large but is closely held and controlled by a family office.
What is family business in Tamil?
Family business in Tamil is குடும்ப வணிகம். See Family business meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is family business?
Family business is a noun.
What is the plural of family business?
The plural of family business is family businesses.

Words near family business in the dictionary

  1. family annihilator
  2. family annihilators
  3. family bed
  4. family Bible
  5. family Bibles
  6. family business
  7. family businesses
  8. family car
  9. family cars
  10. family celebrant
  11. family celebrants

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Adapted from Wiktionary: family business (page history and authors); family business (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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