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zai⋅ba⋅tsu

  [zahy-bah-tsoo]
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–noun, plural -tsu.
a great industrial or financial combination of Japan.
Origin:
1935–40; < Japn, equiv. to zai wealth (< MChin, equiv. to Chin cái) + batsu, deriv. of bat clique (< MChin, equiv. to Chin fá)
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zai·bat·su   (zī'bät-sōō')   
n.   pl. zaibatsu
  1. A powerful family-controlled commercial combine of Japan.
  2. A Japanese conglomerate or cartel.

[Japanese : zai, wealth (from Middle Chinese dzəj) + batsu, powerful person or family (from Middle Chinese buat).]
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