establishment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A business or organization, or the place where it operates.

   That restaurant is a fine establishment serving delicious food.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of creating or setting something up.

   Since the establishment of the company in 1984, it has grown worldwide.

3. 3
   noun

   The powerful people or groups who control a society and resist change.

   Young voters felt ignored by the political establishment.

From Middle English *establishment, stablishment, stablisshement, from Old French establissement (Modern French établissement), from the verb establir. Equivalent to establish + -ment.

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