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zaibatsus

zaibatsus is the plural of zaibatsu.

Meaning of zaibatsu

Noun

zaibatsu (plural zaibatsu or zaibatsus)

  1. (historical) 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
  2. (US, broadly) Any large corporation.
    • Near-synonyms: megacorporation, supercorporation

Questions about zaibatsus

What is zaibatsus the plural of?
Zaibatsus is the plural of zaibatsu.

Words near zaibatsus in the dictionary

  1. Zahran
  2. Zahrani
  3. Zahras
  4. zai
  5. zaibatsu
  6. zaibatsus
  7. Zaid
  8. zaida
  9. zaide
  10. zaideh
  11. zaidehs

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