multinational
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- noun
- /ˌmʌltiˈnæʃənl/
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empresa multinacional
- So it was a huge global multinational corporation.
- big multinational
- giant multinational
- major multinational
Examples
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Why is there one rule for big multinational companies and another for ordinary small businesses and self-employed workers?
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In 1971 he took over his uncle's business, Thorn Industries, and in seven years has turned it into the world's largest multinational, producing everything from nuclear armaments to soya bean food products.
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The biggest mistake any producer, be it a small run family farm or a large multinational, is not to change with the times as well.
Blog text (21) -
For one thing, under threat of a lawsuit, I had to return the three thousand dollars that the multinational had advanced to me.
Fiction book (1996) -
But it is not caught on because primarily because of competition from big multinational corporations, right?
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The multinational wants to deduct as much as possible in the United States.
Blog text (7) -
It was under these circumstances that Rhodesdale was bought by the British multinational, Lonrho Company.
Academic text (2005) -
Airwick is owned by the multinational consumer goods company Wreck It, which also owns Finnish and Enfamil.
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Airwick is owned by the multinational consumer goods company Wreck It, which also owns Finnish and Enfamil.
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The Spanish multinational will retain 80% equity interest in the distributor.
How International
Surface Forms
Morphology
multinational = multinational (transparent) = multi + nation + al
The noun is a converted use of the adjective 'multinational', which already has a transparent internal structure.
Etymology
Multinational comes from multi- 'many' and nation 'country' or 'people', like the words multiple and national. So a multinational is a company that works in many countries.