29 results for: firm

(Browse Nearby Entries)

FIRIV

FIRJAN

Firk

Firkin

firkins

FIRL

Firlot

FIRM

firm commitment

firm offer

firm omelet

firm order

firm quote

firm up

FIRMA

Firmament

Firmamental

firmaments

Firman

Firmans

firmaun

General Contractor Kitchen&Bathroom Remodel & Addition Free Estimates www.beaverremodeling.com	Sponsored Links

Firm The Firm Official Website. Get in shape for 2008 now. www.FirmDirect.com

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

firm1

Audio Help [furm] Pronunciation Key adjective, -er, -est, verb, adverb, -er, -est.

–adjective

1.	not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.

2.	securely fixed in place.

3.	not shaking or trembling; steady: a firm voice.

4.	not likely to change; fixed; settled; unalterable: a firm belief.

5.	steadfast or unwavering, as persons or principles: firm friends.

6.	indicating firmness or determination: a firm expression.

7.	not fluctuating much or falling, as prices, values, etc.: The stock market was firm today.

–verb (used with object)

8.	to make firm; tighten or strengthen (sometimes fol. by up): to firm up one's hold on something.

9.	to steady or fix (sometimes fol. by up): to firm up prices.

–verb (used without object)

10.	to become firm or fixed (sometimes fol. by up): Butter firms by churning.

11.	(of prices, markets, etc.) to recover; become stronger, as after a decline (sometimes fol. by up): Stock prices firmed again today.

–adverb

12.	firmly: He stood firm.

[Origin: 1300–50; < L firmus; r. ME ferm < MF < L

]

—Related forms

firmly, adverb

firmness, noun

—Synonyms 1. Firm, hard, solid, stiff are applied to substances that tend to retain their form unaltered in spite of pressure or force. Firm often implies that something has been brought from a yielding state to a fixed or elastic one: An increased amount of pectin makes jellies firm. Hard is applied to substances so resistant that it is difficult to make any impression upon their surface or to penetrate their interior: as hard as a stone. Solid is applied to substances that without external support retain their form and resist pressure: Water in the form of ice is solid. It sometimes denotes the opposite of hollow: a solid block of marble. Stiff implies rigidity that resists a bending force: as stiff as a poker. 2. fast, stable, immovable. 4. established, confirmed. 5. determined, immovable, staunch, reliable.

—Antonyms 1. yielding, soft.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

New TransFIRMation System The Official Site. Visible results in 10 workouts. Only $59! www.GetFirmToday.com	Sponsored Links

Fajas Como viste TV® slim control powernet fajas Body Signer T- Shirt Light Firm www.FirmNewYork.com

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
firm

To learn more about firm visit Britannica.com

Firm
Find Firm Online. Shop & Save at Target.com Today.
www.Target.com

Sponsored Link

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

firm2

Audio Help [furm] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	a partnership or association for carrying on a business.

2.	the name or title under which associated parties transact business: the firm of Smith & Jones.

[Origin: 1565–75; < Sp firma signature (hence, legal name of a partnership, etc.), n. deriv. firmar to sign < L firmāre to strengthen, confirm, deriv. of firmus firm¹

]

—Synonyms 1. company, business, concern, house.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

firm¹ Audio Help (fûrm) Pronunciation Key
adj. firm·er, firm·est

Resistant to externally applied pressure.
Marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue: firm muscles.
Securely fixed in place: Despite being hit by the car, the post was still firm.
Indicating or possessed of determination or resolution: a firm voice.
Constant; steadfast: a firm ally.
1. Not subject to change; fixed and definite: a firm bargain; a firm offer.
2. Unfluctuating; steady: Stock prices are still firm.
Strong and sure: a firm grasp.

tr. & intr.v. firmed, firm·ing, firms
To make or become firm. Often used with up.

adv. firmer, firmest
Without wavering; resolutely: stand firm.

[Middle English ferm, from Old French, from Latin firmus; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]

firm'ly adv., firm'ness n.

(Download Now or Buy the Book)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

firm² Audio Help (fûrm) Pronunciation Key
n.

A commercial partnership of two or more persons, especially when unincorporated.
The name or designation under which a company transacts business.

[Italian firma, from firmare, to ratify by signature, from Medieval Latin firmāre, from Latin, to confirm, from firmus, firm; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]

(Download Now or Buy the Book)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
firm (adj.)

c.1378, from O.Fr. ferme, from L. firmus "firm, stable," from PIE base *dher(e)- "to hold, support" (cf. Skt. dharmah "custom, law," Gk. thronos "seat," Lith. dirzmas "strong," Welsh dir "hard," Breton dir "steel"). The return in late 1500s to -i- from M.E. ferme was modeled on the L.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
firm (n.)

"business house," 1744, from Ger. Firma "a business, name of a business," originally "signature," from It. firma "signature," from firmare "to sign," from L. firmare "make firm, affirm, confirm (by signature)," from firmus "firm, stable" (see firm (adj.)).

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

firm
adjective
1.	marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
2.	not soft or yielding to pressure; "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground"
3.	strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"
4.	not subject to revision or change; "a firm contract"; "a firm offer"
5.	(of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling; "his voice was firm and confident"; "a firm step"
6.	not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; "stocks are still firm"
7.	securely established; "holds a firm position as the country's leading poet"
8.	possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue; "firm muscles"
9.	securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car" [syn: fast]
10.	unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends"
adverb
1.	with resolute determination; "we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm"
noun
1.	the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house"
verb
1.	become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened" [syn: tauten]
2.	make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope" [syn: tauten]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
firm1 [fəːm] adjective

(fixed) strong and steady
Example: a firm handshake

Arabic:	قَوي، ثابِت
Chinese (Simplified):	紧紧的
Chinese (Traditional):	緊緊的
Czech:	pevný
Danish:	fast; solid
Dutch:	stevig
Estonian:	tugev
Finnish:	luja
French:	solide
German:	fest
Greek:	σταθερός, γερός, στέρεος
Hungarian:	szilárd
Icelandic:	þéttur, stöðugur, fastur
Indonesian:	mantap
Japanese:	しっかりとした

Korean:	단단한
Latvian:	ciets; stingrs
Lithuanian:	tvirtas
Norwegian:	fast, solid, stabil
Polish:	mocny
Portuguese (Brazil):	firme
Portuguese (Portugal):	firme
Romanian:	tare; solid
Russian:	крепкий
Slovak:	pevný
Slovenian:	čvrst
Spanish:	firme, sólido
Swedish:	fast, stadig
Turkish:	sert

firm2 [fəːm] adjective

decided; not changing one's mind
Example: a firm refusal

Arabic:	ثابِت، مُصَمِّم
Chinese (Simplified):	坚决的
Chinese (Traditional):	堅決的
Czech:	rozhodný
Danish:	fast; urokkelig
Dutch:	vastberaden
Estonian:	kindel
Finnish:	päättäväinen
French:	résolu
German:	entschlossen
Greek:	ακλόνητος, αμετάκλητος
Hungarian:	határozott
Icelandic:	óbifanlegur
Indonesian:	tegas
Japanese:	断固とした

Korean:	단호한, 결연한
Latvian:	stingrs; nelokāms; nemainīgs
Lithuanian:	tvirtas, nepalenkiamas
Norwegian:	fast (bestemt)
Polish:	stanowczy
Portuguese (Brazil):	firme
Portuguese (Portugal):	firme
Romanian:	hotărât
Russian:	твёрдый, непоколебимый
Slovak:	rozhodný
Slovenian:	odločen
Spanish:	firme
Swedish:	bestämd, orubblig
Turkish:	kesin

firm [fəːm] noun

a business company
Example: an engineering firm

Arabic:	شَرِكَه
Chinese (Simplified):	公司
Chinese (Traditional):	公司
Czech:	firma
Danish:	firma; virksomhed
Dutch:	firma
Estonian:	firma
Finnish:	yritys, firma
French:	firme
German:	die Firma
Greek:	εταιρεία
Hungarian:	cég
Icelandic:	fyrirtæki
Indonesian:	perusahaan
Japanese:	商会

Korean:	회사
Latvian:	firma
Lithuanian:	firma
Norwegian:	firma
Polish:	firma, przedsiębiorstwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	firma
Portuguese (Portugal):	firma
Romanian:	firmă
Russian:	фирма
Slovak:	firma
Slovenian:	podjetje
Spanish:	empresa
Swedish:	firma
Turkish:	şirket, firma

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: firm
Function: noun
Etymology: German Firma, from Italian, signature, ultimately from Latin firmare to make firm, confirm
1 : the name or title under which a company transacts business
2 : a partnership of two or more persons that is not recognized as a legal person distinct from the members composing it
3 : a business unit or enterprise

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Af*firm"\ ([a^]f*f[~e]rm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affirmed (-f[~e]rmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Affirming.] [OE. affermen, OF. afermer, F. affirmer, affermir, fr. L. affirmare; ad + firmare to make firm, firmus firm. See Firm.]

1. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; esp. (Law), to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.

Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive. --Acts xxv. 19.

3. (Law) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.

Syn: To assert; aver; declare; asseverate; assure; pronounce; protest; avouch; confirm; establish; ratify.

Usage: To Affirm, Asseverate, Aver, Protest. We affirm when we declare a thing as a fact or a proposition. We asseverate it in a peculiarly earnest manner, or with increased positiveness as what can not be disputed. We aver it, or formally declare it to be true, when we have positive knowledge of it. We protest in a more public manner and with the energy of perfect sincerity. People asseverate in order to produce a conviction of their veracity; they aver when they are peculiarly desirous to be believed; they protest when they wish to free themselves from imputations, or to produce a conviction of their innocence.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Con*firm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confrmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Confirming.] [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF. confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con- + firmare to make firm, fr. firmus firm. See Firm.]

1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. --Shak.

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. --Ps. cv. 10.

2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose.

Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. --Milton.

3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.

Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. --Pope.

These likelihoods confirm her flight. --Shak.

4. To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty.

That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed. --Swift.

5. (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.

Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed to be fit for admission to the sacrament. --Hammond.

Syn: To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish; fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Farm\, n. [OE. ferme rent, lease, F. ferme, LL. firma, fr. L. firmus firm, fast, firmare to make firm or fast. See Firm, a. & n.]

1. The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products. [Obs.]

2. The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold. [Obs.]

It is great willfulness in landlords to make any longer farms to their tenants. --Spenser.

3. The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.

4. Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.

Note: In English the ideas of a lease, a term, and a rent, continue to be in a great degree inseparable, even from the popular meaning of a farm, as they are entirely so from the legal sense. --Burrill.

5. A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.

The province was devided into twelve farms. --Burke.

6. (O. Eng. Law) A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm.

Whereas G. H. held the farm of sugars upon a rent of 10,000 marks per annum. --State Trials (1196).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Fer"mil*let\, n. [OF., dim. of fermeil, fermail, clasp, prob. fr. OF. & F. fermer to make fast, fr. ferme fast. See Firm.] A buckle or clasp. [Obs.] --Donne.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Firm\, a. [Compar. Firmer; superl. Firmest.] [OE. ferme, F. ferme, fr.L. firmus; cf. Skr. dharman support, law, order, dh? to hold fast, carry. Cf. Farm, Throne.]

1. Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood.

2. Not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose; fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily changed in feelings or will; strong; as, a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent.

Under spread ensigns, moving nigh, in slow But firm battalion. --Milton.

By one man's firm obediency fully tried. --Milton.

3. Solid; -- opposed to fluid; as, firm land.

4. Indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance.

Syn: Compact; dense; hard; solid; stanch; robust; strong; sturdly; fixed; steady; resolute; constant.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Firm\, n. [It. firma the (firm, sure, or confirming) signature or subscription, or Pg. firma signature, firm, cf. Sp. firma signature; all fr. L. firmus, adj., firm. See Firm, a.] The name, title, or style, under which a company transacts business; a partnership of two or more persons; a commercial house; as, the firm of Hope & Co.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Firm\, v. t. [OE. fermen to make firm, F. fermer, fr. L. firmare to make firm. See Firm, a.]

1. To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish. [Obs.]

And Jove has firmed it with an awful nod. --Dryden.

2. To fix or direct with firmness. [Obs.]

He on his card and compass firms his eye. --Spenser.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Firm\, v. t. [OE. fermen to make firm, F. fermer, fr. L. firmare to make firm. See Firm, a.]

1. To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish. [Obs.]

And Jove has firmed it with an awful nod. --Dryden.

2. To fix or direct with firmness. [Obs.]

He on his card and compass firms his eye. --Spenser.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Fir"ma*ment\, n. [L. firmamentum, fr. firmare to make firm: cf. F. firmament. See Firm, v. & a.]

1. Fixed foundation; established basis. [Obs.]

Custom is the . . . firmament of the law. --Jer. Taylor.

2. The region of the air; the sky or heavens.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. --Gen. i. 6.

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament. --Gen. i. 14.

Note: In Scripture, the word denotes an expanse, a wide extent; the great arch or expanse over out heads, in which are placed the atmosphere and the clouds, and in which the stars appear to be placed, and are really seen.

3. (Old Astron.) The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Firm"i*tude\, n. [L. firmitudo. See Firm.] Strength; stability. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Firms\, n. pl. [From Firm, a.] (Arch.) The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together. [Obs.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Form\ (f[=o]rm; in senses 8 & 9, often f[=o]rm in England), n. [OE. & F. forme, fr. L. forma; cf. Skr. dhariman. Cf. Firm.]

1. The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance.

The form of his visage was changed. --Dan. iii. 19.

And woven close close, both matter, form, and style. --Milton.

2. Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government.

3. Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer.

Those whom form of laws Condemned to die. --Dryden.

4. Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form.

Though well we may not pass upon his life Without the form of justice. --Shak.

5. Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty.

The earth was without form and void. --Gen. i. 2.

He hath no form nor comeliness. --Is. liii. 2.

6. A shape; an image; a phantom.

7. That by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model.

8. A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society. "Ladies of a high form." --Bp. Burnet.

9. The seat or bed of a hare.

As in a form sitteth a weary hare. --Chaucer.

10. (Print.) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.

11. (Fine Arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.

12. (Gram.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms.

13. (Crystallog.) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.

14. (Metaph.) That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law.

15. Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of.

16. (Biol.) The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant.

Good form or Bad form, the general appearance, condition or action, originally of horses, atterwards of persons; as, the members of a boat crew are said to be in good form when they pull together uniformly. The phrases are further used colloquially in description of conduct or manners in society; as, it is not good form to smoke in the presence of a lady.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

In*firm"\ ([i^]n*f[~e]rm"), a. [L. infirmus: cf. F. infirme. See In- not, and Firm, a.]

1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution.

A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. --Shak.

2. Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. "An infirm judgment." --Burke.

Infirm of purpose! --Shak.

3. Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.

He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm ground. --South.

Syn: Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Firm

Ob*firm"\, Obfirmate \Ob*firm"ate\, v. t. [L. obfirmatus, p. p. of obfirmare to make steadfast. See Ob-, and Firm, v. t.] To make firm; to harden in resolution. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. Sheldon.

American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary 3rd Edition - Cite This Source - Share This

FIRM
flood insurance rate map