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zombie companies

zombie companies is the plural of zombie company.

Meaning of zombie company

Noun

zombie company (plural zombie companies)

  1. A company that requires bailouts in order to operate, or an indebted company that is able to repay the interest on its debts but not repay the principal.
    • Mostly, though, the people in a zombie company will be blissfully unaware that they are in the middle of a major business disaster until after it has unfolded.·2004, Sydney Finkelstein, Why Smart Executives Fail
    Synonyms:
    zombie business

Questions about zombie companies

What is zombie companies the plural of?
Zombie companies is the plural of zombie company.

Words near zombie companies in the dictionary

  1. zombie cars
  2. zombie cell
  3. zombie cells
  4. zombie client
  5. zombie clients
  6. zombie companies
  7. zombie company
  8. zombie computer
  9. zombie computers
  10. zombie crawl
  11. zombie dance

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