🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

empresa nacional

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ẽˈpɾe.zɐ nɐ.suˈnaɫ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Domestic enterprise/dəˈmɛs.tɪk ˈɛn.tər.praɪz/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A empresa nacional registrou lucros expressivos no último trimestre."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A business organization or company that conducts its operations, production, and commercial activities primarily within its home country.

    "The government introduced new tax incentives to support the growth of small domestic enterprises."
  2. 2

    A commercial firm owned and controlled by local citizens or national government entities, functioning within the national economy.

    "Domestic enterprises often face stiff competition when foreign multinational corporations enter the local market."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'domestic', derived from the Latin 'domesticus' (pertaining to the house or home, from domus), and 'enterprise', derived from the Old French 'enterprise', meaning a venture or undertaking. Historically evolved in economic and legal contexts to distinguish business entities operating solely within their home country from multinational or foreign corporations.

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