superfirm

noun

Etymology

From super- + firm.

  1. derived from Firma
  2. derived from firmāre
  3. borrowed from firma
  4. prefixed as superfirm — “super + firm

Definitions

  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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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