foreign firm

collocation in English

meaningsofforeignandfirm

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foreign
adjective
uk
/ˈfɒr.ən/us
/ˈfɔːr.ən/
belonging or connected to a country that is not ...
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firm
noun[C]
uk
/fɜːm/us
/fɝːm/
a company offering a professional service, for example a company ...
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(Definition offoreignandfirmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofforeign firm

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Foreign trade can be introduced in the model by assuming that aforeignfirmis considered a competitor just like any other.
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He is an agent for aforeignfirm.
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The difficulties will be all the greater if we are dealing with aforeignfirm.
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In the past, that has not been the case, industries having been bolstered up with improvised machinery which noforeignfirmwould have tolerated.
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The defendant may be aforeignfirm(this is more and more likely these days), or he may be bankrupt or in liquidation.
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What about protection against being taken over by aforeignfirm?
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At the same time it is to be regretted that the whole contract has gone to aforeignfirm.
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Is it not likely that aforeignfirmwould come if there was more likelihood of peace in industry, without strikes and lock-outs?
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It is, therefore, not always easy for him to give the nationality of the people concerned in theforeignfirm.
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The two other lorries required were accordingly purchased from aforeignfirm.
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Is he in fact asking for aforeignfirmto come here and put up steel works?
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What you want to deal with is somebody who acts as representing aforeignfirmor is the accredited agent.
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You can accept a licence from aforeignfirmand still develop your own industry.
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They could dispense with an agent altogether and theforeignfirmcould do its business in this country by a traveller or through the post.
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No licence for manufacturing rights has been granted and no application has been received in this connection from anyforeignfirm.
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After all, we are selling to aforeignfirm.
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I certainly was not aware that anyforeignfirmis concerned in this site at all.
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In many cases an agent or a traveller of aforeignfirmputs a brass plate on his door and becomes an independent business, to whom the goods are consigned.
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I ask any business man, is it likely that aforeignfirmwould come into this country if they were told that their profits are to be limited?
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It is typical of projects that theforeignfirmbrings along experts, and local expertise and resources are not used, although they exist and are of high quality.
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