small business

[ smawl biz-nis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a profit-seeking enterprise or concern that is independently owned and operated, has a limited number of employees, and is not nationally dominant in its field.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of small business¹

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

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Example Sentences

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One such example might be a single toilet in a small business such as a café.

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Responding for the Labour government, Small Business Minister Gareth Thomas defended the chancellor's decisions in her October Budget as "important for long term stability".

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Small Business Administration and mishandling loan funds, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

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The Small Business Administration has estimated that, in an effort to more quickly distribute relief, it gave out more than $200 billion in potentially fraudulent funds through its COVID-19-era disaster loan programs.

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In many ways, Paul Kaufman, a small business owner downtown, agrees.

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