Skip to main content
printing concern

printing concern

4.1
A company that puts words and pictures on paper for other businesses
  • noun
translation icon : empresa de impresión
  • Many small businesses rely on a nearby printing concern for their marketing materials.

Examples

  • The annual report was produced by a local printing concern specializing in high-quality brochures.

  • She started working at a printing concern that served major publishers across the region.

  • The printing concern specializes in high-quality brochures.

  • Many printing concerns are struggling with digital competition.

  • Many small businesses rely on a nearby printing concern for their marketing materials.

  • She started working at a printing concern that served major publishers across the region.

  • The annual report was produced by a local printing concern specializing in high-quality brochures.

Synonyms

print shop
vsprinting concern
9 2.8

A shop that makes posters, flyers and other paper copies for people

is the company sense focusing on the organisation, not just the site
printing business
vsprinting concern
2 2.7

A company that prints books, magazines, and marketing material

is identical in meaning but uses the original term form
printing shop
vsprinting concern
1 2.6

A shop that makes books, newspapers, or flyers

is the company concept stressing the firm rather than the physical site
business concern
vsprinting concern
  • Formal
1 3.2

A company that sells goods or provides services, including its people

is specific to firms whose main activity is commercial reproduction of materials
printing company
vsprinting concern
1 2.1

A company that makes books, magazines, and brochures

is the same company sense but named with different wording
printery
vsprinting concern
  • Archaic
5.7

A business that puts writing and pictures on paper, like flyers and cards

is the company concept focusing more on corporate identity than location
printworks
vsprinting concern
  • UK
3.9

A factory that makes books, newspapers, and packaging

is the company sense that emphasizes the business rather than factory premises

How Big

printing concern
4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

printing + concern

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'printing' (the activity of producing printed goods) with 'concern' (a commercial organization); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a company that does printing. This noun-modifier + noun pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically (e.g., 'printing company'), so the phrase is predictable and transparent.

Etymology

Printing concern comes from the picture of printing presses and the older use of concern to mean a 'business' or 'company'. So a printing concern is simply a firm that prints things for other people or businesses.