Firm

Firm

Firm or The Firm can have several meanings:

*Any business entity such as a corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship. This more general meaning is used in macroeconomics (in terms such as ideal firm size).
*The word "firm" is sometimes used in a more restrictive sense to refer to a business group of professionals, such as law firm, architectural firm, securities/financial firm (such as private equity), or consulting firm. This use can be seen in phrases such as white shoe firm. Contrast with sole practitioner.
*British slang phrase for a criminal gang or football hooligans (see list of hooligan firms).

Organizations

*Organizations called The Firm:
**The Firm, a criminal gang active in the East End of London, once run by the Kray twins
**The British Royal Family, allegedly referred to as the "the Firm" by family members
**Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6), one of the United Kingdom intelligence agencies
**McKinsey & Company, a large multinational management consulting firm
**Firmaet, an anti-communist private intelligence agency in Demark run by former Danish resistance movement leader Arne Sejr
**The Firm Skateboards, a skateboard company that shut down in 2006.
**The Loco Familia, or La Familia Loca, young immigrants entrepreneurs' association.

Music and popular culture

*The Firm (EastEnders), a fictional organisation in the British TV series, "EastEnders"
*"The Firm" (novel), a 1991 novel by John Grisham
**"The Firm" (1993 film), a 1993 movie based on the book
*"The Firm" (1988 film), a British TV movie starring Gary Oldman
*The Firm (band), a British rock group formed in 1984 by Jimmy Page and Paul Rodgers
*The Firm (group), a hip-hop music supergroup that released one album in 1997
*The Firm (Star Trekkin'), a music act that produced the 1987 UK #1 hit "Star Trekkin'"
*The Firm (pop group), a London-based pop group
*The F.I.R.M., a fictional organization in the TV series "Airwolf"
*"The Firm" (TV series), a 2007 Malaysian corporate reality television programme.
*The Firm, Inc., a Beverly Hills-based talent management company headed by Jeff Kwatinetz

ee also

*FIRM


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  • firm — adj Firm, hard, solid are comparable chiefly as meaning having a texture or consistency that markedly resists deformation by external force. Firm (opposed to loose, flabby) suggests such closeness or compactness of texture or a consistency so… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Firm — Firm, a. [Compar. {Firmer}; superl. {Firmest}.] [OE. ferme, F. ferme, fr.L. firmus; cf. Skr. dharman support, law, order, dh? to hold fast, carry. Cf. {Farm}, {Throne}.] 1. Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • firm — firm1 [fʉrm] adj. [ME ferm < OFr < L firmus < IE base * dher , to hold, support > Sans dhárma, precept, law, Gr thronos, armchair] 1. not yielding easily under pressure; solid; hard 2. not moved or shaken easily; fixed; stable 3.… …   English World dictionary

  • firm — Ⅰ. firm [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) having an unyielding surface or structure. 2) solidly in place and stable. 3) having steady power or strength: a firm grip. 4) showing resolute determination. 5) fixed or definite: firm plans …   English terms dictionary

  • Firm — Firm, n. [It. firma the (firm, sure, or confirming) signature or subscription, or Pg. firma signature, firm, cf. Sp. firma signature; all fr. L. firmus, adj., firm. See {Firm}, a.] The name, title, or style, under which a company transacts… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • firm — n [German Firma, from Italian, signature, ultimately from Latin firmare to make firm, confirm] 1: the name or title under which a company transacts business 2: a partnership of two or more persons that is not recognized as a legal person distinct …   Law dictionary

  • Firm — Firm, v. t. [OE. fermen to make firm, F. fermer, fr. L. firmare to make firm. See {Firm}, a.] 1. To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And Jove has firmed it with an awful nod. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To fix or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • firm — [adj1] inflexible close, close grained, compact, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congealed, dense, fine grained, hard, hardened, heavy, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inelastic, jelled, nonporous, refractory, rigid, set,… …   New thesaurus

  • firm — Adj erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. fīrmus fest, sicher, stark , wohl in Anlehnung an ne. firm.    Ebenso ne. firm. Hierzu unmittelbar firmen, zu dessen lateinischem Vorbild auch Firma und Firmament gehören; ein… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • firm — adverb is used mainly in two fixed expressions, to stand firm and to hold firm to. In all other contexts the natural adverbial form is firmly: The bracket was firmly fixed to the wall …   Modern English usage

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