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		kensai on Aug 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sunsetting Hire Why the negative points? Exactly in both definitions, the French and the German, the M means MEDIUM. 500 is NOT a SMALL business. It's at least a medium one.

rswail on Aug 28, 2019 [–]

The generic term in industry is SME, ie Small to Medium Enterprise. Mom and Pop stores often don't even qualify as "Small".

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