Keiretsu Definition

kā-rĕtso͝o
keiretsu, keiretsus
noun
In Japan, an association of corporations joined by reciprocal shareholder arrangements or by agreements among the members to deal exclusively or preferentially among themselves.
Webster's New World
A network of businesses that own stakes in one another as a means of mutual security, especially in Japan, and usually including large manufacturers and their suppliers of raw materials and components.
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Other Word Forms of Keiretsu

Noun

Singular:
keiretsu
Plural:
keiretsus

Origin of Keiretsu

  • From Japanese 系列 (けいれつ keiretsu), from Middle Chinese 繫 (ɣèj "attached") + 列 (ljet "set", "row") (compare Mandarin xìliè 系列 "series", "set").

    From Wiktionary

  • Japanese series, affiliation kei system retsu row, line

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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