zaibatsu

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (historical) A large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual.
  2. (US, broadly) Any large corporation.

Konzepte

Zaibatsu

Industriellenclique

mächtige Industriellenfamilie

Synonyme

financial clique

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/zaɪˈbætsuː/
Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from Japanese 財閥(ざいばつ) (zaibatsu), coined from Middle Chinese 財 (d͡zoj, “wealth”) + 閥 (bjot, “powerful family”). Doublet of chaebol.

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