family-owned company

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company
noun
uk
/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/us
/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/
an organization that sells goods or services in order to ...
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(Definition ofcompanyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The elite family's allies are directly loyal to their employer (the family patriarch) and not thefamily-ownedcompanyin which they work.
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Several years ago, the oldfamily-ownedcompanywas in trouble.
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The genuine confusion, and with it a suggestion of retrospection, was drawn to my attention by afamily-ownedcompanythat has a major investment in my constituency.
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He was able to attract talented artists to work for him, and under his directorship the smallfamily-ownedcompanygrew into a world-renowned enterprise.
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It has been an independent,family-ownedcompanysince its founding in 1949.
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However, the real world eventually caught up with thefamily-ownedcompany, and the 1970s and 1980s saw many ups and downs with the struggling firm.
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As of 2009, thefamily-ownedcompanyhad full or part ownership of 18 daily papers, 30 weekly papers, and 17 radio stations in eight states.
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They remain afamily-ownedcompany, producing a range of acoustic and electric instruments in the upper price brackets.
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Thefamily-ownedcompanyhad 3,270 employees in the 2012/2013 business year and generated a turnover of 1.512 billion euros.
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Since it was founded in 1885, thefamily-ownedcompanyhas been committed to researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing novel products of high therapeutic value for human and veterinary medicine.
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Founded in 1848, thefamily-ownedcompanynow has more than 40 affiliates, over 140 sales and service outlets and over 12,000 sales and service partners worldwide.
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It is afamily-ownedcompany.
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Thomas took over thefamily-ownedcompanyin 1835, printing a range of diaries that stretched from small pocket diaries to commercial foolscap folio one-day-per-page editions.
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Thefamily-ownedcompanyemploys two hundred people.
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Virtually all those family-owned companies control massive charitable trusts.
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