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small business

[ smawl biz-nis ]

noun

  1. 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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of small business1

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
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“Can an actual mom-and-pop small business afford that?” he said.

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The goal wasn’t just to win debates; it was to position Trump as the champion of pink- and blue-collar workers, farmers, multiracial small business owners, Christians, young men, and any other group the Right could claim to represent.

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A small business owner has said her cafe will struggle to survive due to rising costs and is calling on the government for more support.

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Anyone who knows him, he said, remembers when he was the “small business supervisor” in San Francisco, raging against the board for raising fees on business owners and championing “Care Not Cash,” a policy to take welfare checks from homeless people and use the savings to pay for treatment options.

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Owners of apartment buildings can also seek disaster assistance from the Small Business Assn.

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