CONGLOMERATEの意味、複合企業、コングロマリット

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2006.11.08(Review of 2004.06.15 edition)

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Today's Lesson
CONGLOMERATE   複合企業、コングロマリット

Explanation

  • A conglomerate is a large corporation made up of a number of smaller companies involved in a variety of different business activities.
  • conglomerate は、さまざまな事業を行う子会社が数多く集まってできている、巨大な企業のことです。

examples

  1. One well-known conglomerate runs hotel operations, rental car and travel agencies, as well as real estate and mortgage lending firms.
  2. (a fictional news report)
    The nation's largest media conglomerate - which owns and operates a cable television network and over 200 radio stations across the country, as well as having interests in magazine and newspaper media - has announced plans to acquire a major motion picture studio.
  3. “Zaibatsu” were huge banking and industrial conglomerates, many of which were established during the Edo period.

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