family business

noun

: a business owned or operated by one's family

She joined the family business after graduating from college.

Examples of family business in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

A lot has happened since Garnet Hills started business, including the untimely death of the founder couple in a 1985 plane crash and the sale of the family business to live shopping company QVC Group in 2017. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

There was also a decision about the family business that had to be made within 30 days. — Anatoly Iofe, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

His first project at the house was a film starring Demi Moore that imagined Gucci as a family business owned by a wealthy matriarch in California. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026

Diego Hernandez, a senior, entered the cohort with hundreds of hours of construction experience at a family business. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for family business

• agribusiness
• nonbusiness