firm

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firm /ˈfɜrm/ ?

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(n) the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
(v) become taut or tauter
(v) make taut or tauter
(adj) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
(adj) not soft or yielding to pressure
(adj) strong and sure
(adj) not subject to revision or change
(adj) (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling
(adj) not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
(adj) securely established
(adj) possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
(adj) securely fixed in place
(adj) unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
(adv) with resolute determination

The firm would also keep Shockey in the family by hiring his wife, Alexandraanother former Lewis aideas a consulting lobbyist.
A BDO Seidman spokesperson says that his firm is not and has never been the auditor of Madoff Securities.
So far, the firm's bets are paying off.

"What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the...
on Jan 20, 2009 By: Barack Obama Source: Fall River Herald News
"The Federal Reserve is working to ensure that compensation packages appropriately tie rewards to longer-term performance and do not create undue risk for the firm or the financial system," said Fed chairman Ben Bernanke.
on Oct 22, 2009 By: Ben Bernanke Source: AFP