Big Four
Leading power bloc
The Big Four refers to four dominant entities in a field.
In accounting, it names the largest firms: Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and KPMG.
In tech, it's typically Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook (or Microsoft).
In tennis, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray.
Context determines which four: She landed a job at one of the Big Four.
Multinational professional services network
- PricewaterhouseCoopersGlobal accounting and consulting firm
- KPMGMultinational professional services network
- auditFormal accounts examination
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
consulting · professional services · financial reporting · compliance · due diligence · forensic accounting · risk management · mergers and acquisitions
Association of sovereign states
- depositsMaterial settled or stored
- lendingTemporary provision of resources
- mortgageSecured home loan
- retail bankingBank services for individuals
financial services · Sydney · Melbourne · market share · regulation
University-level American gridiron
- Rose BowlPasadena football stadium and game
- Sugar BowlAnnual New Orleans gridiron contest
- Orange BowlMiami college football game
- Cotton BowlAnnual Dallas football game
bowl games · BCS · playoff · rankings · Notre Dame · USC · Michigan · Ohio State
Deloitte
Multinational professional services network
- PricewaterhouseCoopersGlobal accounting and consulting firm
- KPMGMultinational professional services network
- auditFormal accounts examination
assurance · consulting · professional services · financial reporting · compliance · due diligence · forensic accounting · risk management · mergers and acquisitions · corporate governance
Commonwealth
Association of sovereign states
retail banking · financial services · Sydney · Melbourne · market share · regulation
college football
University-level American gridiron
- Rose BowlPasadena football stadium and game
- Sugar BowlAnnual New Orleans gridiron contest
- Orange BowlMiami college football game
Cotton Bowl · bowl games · BCS · playoff · rankings · Notre Dame · USC · Michigan · Ohio State · rivalry
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- blocAllied group sharing interests
- quartetEnsemble of four
- consortiumCooperative group for ventures
powers · diplomacy · summit · treaty · accord · entente · council · federation · league · assembly
- Accountantsaccountant, public accountants, auditor, chartered accountants, bookkeeper
- consultingconsultant, strategy, consultants, consulting, advisory
- UN foundingUnited Nations, UN Charter, United Nations Charter, founding members, original members
- auditingauditor, audit trail, audit trails, auditors, audit report
- Central Valley historySacramento, Stockton, Fresno, Modesto, Bakersfield
- Legendary TeamsSteel Curtain, Purple People Eaters, All Blacks