"small business" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: small businesses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} small business (countable and uncountable, plural small businesses)
  1. (business, economics) A privately-owned and operated business with relatively small turnover and staff numbers, typically seen as constituting part of a specific commercial or economic sector. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Business, Economics Derived forms: Small Business Saturday, WOSB Translations (company): 小本生意 (xiǎoběn shēngyi) (Chinese Mandarin), 小型企業 /小型企业 (xiǎoxíng qǐyè) (Chinese Mandarin), pienyritys (Finnish), petite entreprise [feminine] (French), TPE [feminine] (French), PME [feminine] (French), Kleingewerbe [neuter] (German), кичӱ бизнес (kičü biznes) (Southern Altai), småföretag [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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