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superfirm

superfirm noun: an especially large and successful firm (business concern).

Noun

superfirm (plural superfirms)

  1. An especially large and successful firm (business concern).
    • The superfirms tend to become elaborate bureaucracies, with special patterns of recruitment, in-service training, and so on.1975, Roger Hilsman, The crouching future: international politics and U.S. foreign policy

Forms of superfirm

pluralsuperfirms

Origin of superfirm

From super- + firm.

Questions about superfirm

What does superfirm mean?
Superfirm means an especially large and successful firm (business concern).
What part of speech is superfirm?
Superfirm is a noun.
What is the plural of superfirm?
The plural of superfirm is superfirms.

Words near superfirm in the dictionary

  1. superfinesse
  2. superfinical
  3. superfinishing
  4. superfinite
  5. superfiring
  6. superfirm
  7. superfirms
  8. Superfisky
  9. superfit
  10. superfitness
  11. superfix

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