small business

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.

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Meanings

nounsmall business (countable and uncountable, plural small businesses)

plural small businesses

  1. countableuncountablebusinessA privately-owned and operated business with relatively small turnover and staff numbers, typically seen as constituting part of a specific commercial or economic sector.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 小本生意, 小型企業 /小型企业
  • 小本生意 (xiǎoběn shēngyi)company
  • 小型企業 /小型企业 (xiǎoxíng qǐyè)company
Finnish pienyritys
  • pienyrityscompany
French petite entreprise, TPE
  • petite entreprisecompany
  • TPEcompany
  • PMEcompany
German Kleingewerbe
  • Kleingewerbecompany
Polish drobny interes
  • drobny interescompany
Swedish småföretag
  • småföretagcompany
Vietnamese doanh nghiệp nhỏ, tiểu thương nghiệp
  • doanh nghiệp nhỏcompany
  • tiểu thương nghiệpcompany
  • doanh nghiệp nhỏ lẽcompany
Cite this entry
APA

small business. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20business

MLA

“small business.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20business. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “small business,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20business.

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