Definitions for firms
firms

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1. firms(Noun)

   The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together.

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1. Firms(adj)

   the principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together

   Etymology: [From Firm, a.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'firms' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1350

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'firms' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2586

How to pronounce firms?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say firms in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of firms in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of firms in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of firms in a Sentence

1. Yin Weimin:

   The economy faces relatively big downward pressures and some firms face difficulties in production and operation, which would lead to insufficient employment.

2. European Securities and Markets Authority:

   On 30 March 2019, firms must have a fully authorized legal entity located in the EU27 to continue providing services in the EU27.

3. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat:

   Many of our firms are facing weaker top-line growth, rising manpower costs and tighter financing. Workers are anxious as retrenchments has increased, including among professionals, we must not let pessimism take hold, lest it creates self-fulfilling expectations.

4. Ben Cavender:

   We have in the last three weeks fielded more calls from firms wondering about the political risk here than we probably have in the last 10 years, right now there's a lot more concern that the situation regarding the negotiations has become so unstable and so emotional, when or if there's going to be a resolution.

5. Sean McKessy:

   While the SEC has so far penalized penny stock firms, the regulator is also quite vigilant about what larger companies are telling investors about how COVID-19 might impact them.

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