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| firm | |
| 1. n. (business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades. |  |
| 2. n. (business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized. | |
| 3. n. (slang) A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism. | |
| 4. adj. steadfast, secure, hard (in position) | |
| It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands. | |
| 5. adj. fixed (in opinion) | |
| a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent | |
| 6. adj. solid, rigid (material state) | |
| firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood; firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy) | |
| 7. v. To make firm or strong; fix securely. | |
| 8. v. To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To become firm; stabilise. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To improve after decline. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive, Australia) To shorten (of betting odds). | |
| 12. v. (transitive, UK, slang) To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer. | |
