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establishment

establishment

122 3.8
A place like a shop or hotel that sells goods and offers services
  • noun
  • /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/
: establecimiento
  • The restaurant is a well-known establishment in the city for its delicious cuisine.
  • food establishments
  • commercial establishments
  • educational establishments

Is that a specific type of establishment that exists in this world?

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Examples

  • You guys are the staff of a fine dining establishment.

  • His mother, also in her late seventies, had never been inside an establishment that served liquor.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • What kind of establishment do you think this is?

  • How much time do you spend in a drinking establishment?

  • What's the name of your establishment?

  • It's quite an establishment you've got here.

  • Several years ago, I was at a really nice establishment outside of Miami called Scarlets.

  • I'm afraid I can't allow you entrance into this fine establishment.

  • If you make it to Rome, search out an establishment called the Padre Negro.

  • Today there are 4,500 companies and establishments that supply the national petroleum sector with goods and services.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

business
vsestablishment
∞ 1.0

A company or shop and the people who work there

is more general referring to any organized place or organization beyond commerce
firm
vsestablishment
∞ 1.9

A company that provides professional services like lawyers or accountants

is broader applying to any organized place or public institution as well
institution
vsestablishment
478 3.9

An organization like a school, bank, or charity that serves the public

is narrower focused on public or educational organizations rather than all organized places
business establishment
vsestablishment
1 3.5

A place where people sell things or offer services, like a shop

is broader covering both commercial and noncommercial organized places and organizations
mercantile establishment
vsestablishment
5.4

A shop that sells goods to people

is narrower applying only to retail outlets that sell goods to customers

Antonyms

46 4.7

The permanent end of a business, school, or service

Compounds

A place where people sell things or offer services, like a shop

A Canadian government agency that gathers information from communications and helps protect Canada from spying and cyber attacks

A person who opposes people and groups in power

A business or place of very low quality with bad service and dirty conditions

A shop that sells goods to people

Bringing something back to how it was before

How Big

conglomerate
44 7.0
corporation
∞ 3.7
company
∞ 1.0
establishment
122 3.8
shop
∞ 1.0
stall
38 1.0

Surface Forms

establishment singular

Morphology

establishment = establish (transparent) = establish + ment

Derived by regular nominalization; the meaning 'institution or place founded' is a common and predictable noun sense from 'establish'.

Etymology

Establishment comes from a Latin root stabilis meaning 'firm' or 'steady', like the English word stable. So an establishment is a place or business that has been set up and stands firm to serve people.