Zaibatsu Definition
zībät-so͝o
noun
Any of the large, powerful Japanese business conglomerates formerly organized around the few families that once dominated that country's finance, commerce, and industry.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Zaibatsu
Noun
Singular:
zaibatsu
Plural:
zaibatsusOrigin of Zaibatsu
Japanese zai wealth (from Early Middle Chinese dzəj) (also the source of Mandarin cái) batsu powerful person or family (from Early Middle Chinese buat) (also the source of Mandarin fá)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Japanese 財閥 (ざいばつ zaibatsu), coined from Middle Chinese 財 (dÍ¡zoj "wealth") + é–¥ (bjot "powerful family") (compare Korean chaebol, Mandarin cáifá).
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