family business
noun
: a business owned or operated by one's family
She joined the family business after graduating from college.
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Peer, who is the grandson of late peermusic founder Ralph S. Peer, joined the family business full time in August 2019 as vp for Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East but soon added business affairs work in the London office as well.
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Marc Schneider, Billboard, 17 May 2024
Members of New Hope Tabernacle Church will be represented in those groups, along with Thompson’s adult children, Chelsie and Chauncey Thompson, who also are partners in the family business.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
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Marc Schneider, Billboard, 17 May 2024
Members of New Hope Tabernacle Church will be represented in those groups, along with Thompson’s adult children, Chelsie and Chauncey Thompson, who also are partners in the family business.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for family business
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“Family business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20business. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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