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Zaibatsu

//zaɪˈbætsuː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual. historical

    "He wondered briefly what it would be like, working all your life for one zaibatsu. Company housing, company hymn, company funeral."

  2. 2
    Any large corporation. US, broadly

    "Near-synonyms: megacorporation, supercorporation"

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 財閥(ざいばつ) (zaibatsu), coined from Middle Chinese 財 (d͡zoj, “wealth”) + 閥 (bjot, “powerful family”). Doublet of chaebol.

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