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[furm]

Firm or The Firm can have several meanings:

Any business entity such as a corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship. This more general meaning is used in macroeconomics (in terms such as ideal firm size).
The word firm is sometimes used in a more restrictive sense to refer to a business group of professionals, such as law firm, architectural firm, securities/financial firm (such as private equity), or consulting firm. This use can be seen in phrases such as white shoe firm. Contrast with sole practitioner.
British slang phrase for a criminal gang or football hooligans (see list of hooligan firms).

The Firm, a criminal gang active in the East End of London, once run by the Kray twins
The British Royal Family, allegedly referred to as the "the Firm" by family members
Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6), one of the United Kingdom intelligence agencies
McKinsey & Company, a large multinational management consulting firm
Firmaet, an anti-communist private intelligence agency in Demark run by former Danish resistance movement leader Arne Sejr
The Firm Skateboards, a skateboard company that shut down in 2006.
The Loco Familia, or La Familia Loca, young immigrants entrepreneurs' association.

The Firm (EastEnders), a fictional organisation in the British TV series, EastEnders
The Firm (novel), a 1991 novel by John Grisham

The Firm (1988 film), a British TV movie starring Gary Oldman
The Firm (band), a British rock group formed in 1984 by Jimmy Page and Paul Rodgers
The Firm (group), a hip-hop music supergroup that released one album in 1997
The Firm (Star Trekkin'), a music act that produced the 1987 UK #1 hit "Star Trekkin'"
The Firm (pop group), a London-based pop group
The F.I.R.M., a fictional organization in the TV series Airwolf
The Firm (TV series), a 2007 Malaysian corporate reality television programme.
The Firm, Inc., a Beverly Hills-based talent management company headed by Jeff Kwatinetz