keiretsu

Meaning

Noun

A set of Japanese companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings.

Origin

, from Middle Chinese 繫 (ɣèj "attached") + 列 (ljet "set", "row") (compare Mandarin xìliè 系列 "series", "set").

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