superfirm

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English

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Etymology

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From super- +‎ firm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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superfirm (plural superfirms)

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