keiretsu

English

Etymology

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").

Noun

keiretsu (plural keiretsus or keiretsu)

  1. A set of Japanese companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.