zaibatsu


Also found in: Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

zai·bat·su

 (zī′bät-so͞o′)
n. pl. zaibatsu
A Japanese conglomerate, especially a powerful family-controlled monopoly before World War II.
[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).]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

zaibatsu

(ˈzaɪbætˈsuː)
n
(Sociology) (functioning as singular or plural) the group or combine comprising a few wealthy families that controls industry, business, and finance in Japan
[from Japanese, from zai wealth, from Chinese ts'ai + batsu family, person of influence, from Chinese fa]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

zai•ba•tsu

(zaɪˈbɑt su)

n., pl. -tsu.
a great industrial or financial combination of Japan.
[1935–40; < Japanese, =zai wealth (< Middle Chinese, = Chinese cái) + batsu, derivative of bat clique (< Middle Chinese, = Chinese fá)]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Translations
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
The zaibatsu web of capital and non-capital ties spread cross-sector to allow optimal coordination.
Japan Enters Reiwa Era with New Identity: Heisei Changes Were Subtle Yet Profound
Among the topics are the roots, development, and context of the legal concept of the corporation: the making of a structure of irresponsibility and a tool of imperialism; capitalism's victors' justice: the economics of World War II, the Allies' trial of German industrialists, and their treatment of the Japanese zaibatsu; and corporate imperialism 3.0: from the Dutch East India Company to the American South Asia Company.
The Corporation, Law and Capitalism: A Radical Perspective on the Role of Law in the Global Political Economy
This means higher dividends/share buybacks and lower cross-shareholdings among the industrial zaibatsu that dominate Japan Inc.
Is Japan's stock market already overvalued?
The Americans drafted a new constitution that permanently established democracy, dissolved the zaibatsu, redistributed agricultural land, and enacted laws legitimizing labor unions.
THE JAPANESE ECONOMY, PAST AND PRESENT
The postwar cross-shareholding arrangements grew out of the dissolution of the "Zaibatsu," Japanese family-own conglomerates, during the initial period of the Allied occupation of Japan following World War II.
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AND CORPORATE DEMAND FOR REINSURANCE:THE CASE OF THE JAPANESE KEIRETSU
In a separate report, (http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/10/08/tekken-7s-new-character-miguel-looks-angry-in-official-1080p-and-4k-screenshots/) DualShockers states that Miguel is blaming the Mishima zaibatsu for the demise of his sister, so he plans to exact&nbsp;revenge on Jin Kazama in the upcoming installment that is said to be focused on the conclusion of the Mishima clan saga.
Meet 'Tekken 7: Fated Retribution's' New Playable Character Miguel
Apple and others have started an economic revolution, and I want Europe to be front and center in that action." (53) In this case we have the zaibatsu of Apple iOS ecosystem versus the Google search and mobile platform keiretsu.
Healthcare Disrupted: Next Generation Business Models and Strategies
These were modeled on the pre-World War II Japanese zaibatsu, these formally dissolved in 1945.
The paradox of new traditional confucian economics in the two Koreas
In post-war Japan, when traditional conglomerates called zaibatsu failed to penetrate decision-making in MITI, they co-opted ministers to influence MITI on their behalf.
Industrial policy: a survey of institutional challenges
While such groups (called zaibatsu in Japan) are thought to have provided coordination for big push growth successfully in pre-second-world-war Japan after a state-run big push failed, it is still being debated whether such a pyramidal business group driven big push coordination exists in developing countries elsewhere in Asia.
Economic development and business groups in Asia: Japan's experience and implications

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?