removal firm
- noun
- UK
:
empresa de mudanzas
- I hired a removal firm to help me relocate to my new apartment next week.
Examples
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Finding a reliable removal firm is essential for a stress-free moving experience.
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First of all, there is the move itself: choosing a new area of the country to live in, a house, a job, and only then can you start to think about more complicated matters like choosing your removal firm and when you'll be handing in your notice and making the big move.
Blog text (26) -
After many years in the same house, we decided to call a removal firm for our big move to the countryside.
Synonyms
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1.8
A person or company that helps people take their things to a new home
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2.8
A business that takes people's or companies' things to a new place
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3.4
A person who moves furniture and other belongings to another place
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3.0
A business that moves furniture and boxes for people or businesses to a new place
A company that carries furniture and boxes for a fee
A person or company that helps someone move to a new place
How Comprehensive
- UK
- US
7
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a company that moves possessions' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'removal' (the action of removing/moving) with 'firm' (a company). This noun+noun attribution pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase removal firm comes from the simple image of workers carrying a sofa and boxes out of a home and loading them into a van. Here removal means 'taking things away' and firm means 'a company', so the phrase came to mean 'a company that moves people's belongings'.