Speakur

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long firm

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables
long -firm
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A company of swindlers who obtain goods on pretence of being established in business, and then decamp without payment to do the same elsewhere.

Etymology

* Perhaps from the idea that such a firm (company) would claim to have been established for a long time. * Perhaps from Old English gelang (“fraudulent”) and Italian firma (“signature”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: gelang, firma

Inflected Forms

long firms (plural)

Questions

What does long firm mean?
A company of swindlers who obtain goods on pretence of being established in business, and then decamp without payment to do the same elsewhere.
Where does long firm come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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