firms
Tightens or solidifies
Firms is the plural of firm, a company or business partnership: law firms, accounting firms, consulting firms.
The word emphasizes organizational structure more than size—a two-person practice and a multinational corporation are both firms.
As a verb, firms means to make or become firmer: The gelatin firms as it cools.
To firm up is to finalize: We need to firm up these plans.
Business entities
- corporationsLegally incorporated business entities
- enterprisesCommercial businesses or undertakings
- businessesCommercial enterprises collectively
- startupsNewly launched businesses
conglomerates · multinationals · subsidiaries · franchises · ventures · partnerships · consultancies · contractors
Formal business alliances
- limited liabilityCapped financial responsibility for owners
- incorporationForming a legal entity
- sole proprietorshipUnincorporated individual-owned business
- articlesWritten works or items
registration · compliance · fiduciary · liability · contracts · attorneys · accountants · practitioners
Securities underwriting institutions
- brokeragesIntermediary trading businesses
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- asset managementStrategic oversight of holdings
- hedge fundsPooled alternative investment vehicles
private equity · venture capital · underwriting · trading · portfolio · advisory · mergers · acquisitions
companies
Business entities
- corporationsLegally incorporated business entities
- enterprisesCommercial businesses or undertakings
- businessesCommercial enterprises collectively
startups · conglomerates · multinationals · subsidiaries · franchises · ventures · partnerships · consultancies · contractors · agencies
partnerships
Formal business alliances
- limited liabilityCapped financial responsibility for owners
- incorporationForming a legal entity
- sole proprietorshipUnincorporated individual-owned business
articles · registration · compliance · fiduciary · liability · contracts · attorneys · accountants · practitioners · solicitors
investment banks
Securities underwriting institutions
- brokeragesIntermediary trading businesses
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- asset managementStrategic oversight of holdings
hedge funds · private equity · venture capital · underwriting · trading · portfolio · advisory · mergers · acquisitions · capital
solidifies
Becomes hard or firm
- hardensBecomes firm or solid
- setsGrouped items together
- strengthensIncreases force or durability
secures · steadies · stiffens · compacts · tightens · anchors · reinforces · fortifies · braces · supports
tightens
Makes less loose
- strengthensIncreases force or durability
- tonesDistinct sound qualities
- sculptsShapes material into art
conditions · exercises · works out · builds · defines · shapes · flexes · contracts · develops
- economyGDP, money, inflation, inflation rate, GNP
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
- solidifieshardens, freezes, sets, gels, congeals
- Football Fandomfans, supporters, fandom, ultras, fan culture
- thugsthugs, goons, heavies, toughs, brutes
- microeconomicsdemand, supply, supply and demand, price, market
firmsindividuals
Separate, distinct people
governments · government agencies · public sector · nonprofits · households
- law firmAttorneys' business entity
- stand firmRefuse to retreat
- firm upMake solid or certain
- firm gripSecure manual hold
- firm handshakeTight palm-to-palm greeting
- design firmsCompanies offering aesthetic services
firm, confirm, firmly, firmness, affirm, affirmation, affirmative, firmer, infirm