family business

noun

: a business owned or operated by one's family

She joined the family business after graduating from college.

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Final Thoughts Building a multi-generational family business is no easy feat. —

True Tamplin, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 Eric Trump is the executive vice president of The Trump Organization and appears likely to continue running the family business. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 Available to stream on Hulu and Lifetime Hulu Lifetime Christmas at the Ranch (2021) Corporate city girl returns back home to her small town to save the family business and fall in love with the family ranch hand? —

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024 Justice joined the family business in 1976 and took over as president and CEO of Bluestone Industries Inc. and Bluestone Coal Corp. after his father died in 1993, according to his campaign website. —

Joe Manchin, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for family business

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