minority business enterprise
noun[C]
COMMERCEUSukus(abbreviationMBE)abusinessthat is more than fiftypercentownedandcontrolledby amemberof aminority(= agroupwhosemembersare of a differentrace, or have a differentcultureorreligionto that of most otherpeoplein thatcountry):
Blackwell often usesminoritybusinessenterprisesassubcontractors.