🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

empresa boutique

Pronunciation / Transliteration: emˈpɾesa buˈtik

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Boutique business/buːˈtiːk ˈbɪz.nɪs/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Prefieren contratar a una empresa boutique para sus servicios legales."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A small, specialized company that offers highly personalized services or niche products to a specific target market.

    "She left the large corporate firm to launch her own boutique business focusing on sustainable architecture."
  2. 2

    An independent enterprise operating on a small scale with an emphasis on quality and exclusivity rather than mass production.

    "The region is famous for its artisanal cheese makers and other small boutique businesses."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'boutique', derived from the Old French 'botic' (shop, store) and ultimately the Greek 'apotheke' (storehouse), with 'business', originating from Middle English 'bisinesse' meaning anxiety or occupation. In late 20th-century economic discourse, 'boutique' shifted from signifying a small fashion shop to denoting any specialized, high-end, or client-focused enterprise.

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