family business
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈfæmɪli ˈbɪznəs/
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empresa familiar
- He wants to take over the family business.
- take over the family business
- work in the family business
- a small family business
But we've just, you know, it's been a family business, you know, it's kind of growing up in it.
- But we've just, you know, it's been a family business, you know, it's kind of growing up in it.
- That I fully understood that this Internet thing that helped grow my family business and sell stuff was just starting.
- And I went in there and you know, here's the thing with these small family businesses.
- Obviously, I fell in love over time with wine because it was my family business.
- So I had an idea for my daughter in terms of working for the family business.
- My dad told his mom that I'm not staying here, I'm not going to be in the family business.
- Maybe I wish for them because I needed some woodworking done and wanted to support a family business.
- And being the eldest, there was a lot of kind of expectation for me to take over the family business.
- It was in Serbia and a mountain resort called Coponic, where my parents used to run a family business.
- My wife and I and my wife Shanley, she's made a lot of huge sacrifices over the years supporting the family business.
- Now keep in mind, most, it's like pretty small family business.
- You have the the doubts, you have the the questions and you get into wrestling, which was, I mean, now we can call it the family business.
- My mum's family business then that was with a or an abusive family member went bankrupt a few years later.
Examples
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The bakery has been a successful family business for three generations, known for its traditional recipes.
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I've had an uphill battle since I joined the family business.
Fiction book (1998) -
You have to join the family business.
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Now was time to take control of the family business.
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And I know this is a family business, but who makes the final decision?
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I had to take over the family business.
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The family business was no longer for me.
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Then you need my money more than ever, so do as I say and follow me into the family business.
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It's a family business.
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He comes back and-and now he wants me to take over the family business.
How Family-run
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2.4
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4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a company owned and controlled by members of a single family' is directly compositional from 'family' (relatives) + 'business' (a company), so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer this sense. This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistically familiar pattern (family + business = business run by family members), making it transparently understandable.
Etymology
Family business names a business run by the same family. Picture parents and children working together in one shop and passing it down to the next generation, and that's why it means 'a company owned and controlled by members of a single family'.