Microenterprise

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A very small business with five or fewer employees, or the business sector comprising these businesses. countable, uncountable

    "While the Inter-American bank concentrated most of its efforts during that time on lending to build Latin American infrastructure projects and heavy industries, Mr. Ortiz Mena also set up the bank’s first financing operations for microenterprise."

Synonyms

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microbusiness

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"While the Inter-American bank concentrated most of its efforts during that time on lending to build Latin American infrastructure projects and heavy industries, Mr. Ortiz Mena also set up the bank’s first financing operations for microenterprise."

Etymology

From micro- + enterprise.

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