Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

small business

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.23 in modern English

Syllables
smal-l- busi-ness
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

small businesses (plural)

Derived Forms

WOSB

Phrases

Small Business Saturday

Questions

What does small business mean?
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.

How to pronounce small business

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