Firm

/fɜɹm/ · noun

Meaning

(UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades..

Definitions by Sense

1. (UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
2. (business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized.
3. (slang) A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
4. Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
5. Fixed (in opinion).
6. Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
7. Durable, rigid (material state).
8. Mentally resistant to hurt or stress.

Example Sentences

Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.

It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.

a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent

firm favourites

With such constant off-field turmoil Hughton’s work has been remarkable and this may have been his last game in charge. West Bromwich Albion, searching for a replacement for Roy Hodgson, are firm admirers.

He wanted to stay overnight, but I was firm with him and said he had to leave today.

firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood; firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy)

Biblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firm breasts, round thighs, an erect posture.

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Word Forms

• firms
• firmer
• firmest
• more firm
• most firm
• firming
• firmed

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