Definitions for zaibatsuzaɪˈbɑt su

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

zai•ba•tsuzaɪˈbɑt su(n.)(pl.)-tsu.

  1. a great industrial or financial combination of Japan.

    Category: Business

Origin of zaibatsu:

1935–40; < Japn, =zai wealth (< MChin, = Chin cái) +batsu, der. of bat clique (< MChin, = Chin )

Wiktionary

  1. zaibatsu(Noun)

    Japanese term for u2018money cliqueu2019 or conglomerate, and sometimes used in the United States to refer to any large corporation.

  2. Origin: From zaibatsu.


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