zaibatsu
/zaɪˈbætsuː/US/zaɪˈbɑtsu/
zaibatsu noun: a large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual.
Noun
zaibatsu (plural zaibatsu or zaibatsus)
- A large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual.
- He wondered briefly what it would be like, working all your life for one zaibatsu. Company housing, company hymn, company funeral.1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 37
- At other points, the film suggests the motive is financial, depicting the Kobayashi clan as staging an industrial coup of sorts, like a quirky Andersonian take on the zaibatsu (a term for the family-controlled business monopolies that dominated Japan until the end of World War II).2018 March 31, Nina Li Coomes, “Unpacking the Fictional Japan of ‘Isle of Dogs’”, in The Atlantic
- Any large corporation.
- Near-synonyms: megacorporation, supercorporation
- Synonyms:
- megacorporation, supercorporation
zaibatsu meaning in Vietnamese
zaibatsu in Vietnamese
- a Japanese conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan
- tài phiệt
Synonyms of zaibatsu
Forms of zaibatsu
| plural | zaibatsu |
|---|---|
| plural | zaibatsus |
Origin of zaibatsu
Borrowed from Japanese 財閥(ざいばつ) (zaibatsu), coined from Middle Chinese 財 (d͡zoj, “wealth”) + 閥 (bjot, “powerful family”).
Words that rhyme with zaibatsu
Questions about zaibatsu
- What does zaibatsu mean?
- Zaibatsu means a large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual.
- What is zaibatsu in Vietnamese?
- Zaibatsu in Vietnamese is tài phiệt. See Zaibatsu meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is zaibatsu?
- Zaibatsu is a noun.
- How do you pronounce zaibatsu?
- Zaibatsu is pronounced /zaɪˈbætsuː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of zaibatsu?
- The plural of zaibatsu is zaibatsu.
Words near zaibatsu in the dictionary
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