1. • noun - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
   • verb - become taut or tauter
   • verb - make taut or tauter
   • adj - marked by firm determination or resolution
   • adj - not soft or yielding to pressure
   • adj - strong and sure
   • adj - not subject to revision or change
   • adj - (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling
   • adj - not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
   • adj - securely established
   • adj - possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
   • adj - securely fixed in place
   • adj - unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
   • adv - with resolute determination
2. • Resistant to externally applied pressure.
   • Marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue: firm muscles.
   • Securely fixed in place: Despite being hit by the car, the post was still firm.
   • Indicating or possessed of determination or resolution: a firm voice.
   • Constant; steadfast: a firm ally.
   • Not subject to change; fixed and definite: a firm bargain; a firm offer.
   • Unfluctuating; steady: Stock prices are still firm.
   • The central meaning shared by these adjectives is “tending not to yield to external pressure, touch, or force”: a firm mattress; hard as granite; solid ice.
   • A commercial partnership of two or more persons, especially when unincorporated.
   • The name or designation under which a company transacts business.
3. • adj - unyielding to pressure

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