Big Three

Big Three
Big Three, the
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General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, which are the three largest American car makers
The Big Three have all announced incentives to boost flagging auto sales.

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  • Big Three — ˌBig ˈThree noun MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS the Big Three the largest US car makers: General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, especially before Chrysler and Daimler Benz joined together in 1998: • The Big Three have lost much of the passenger car… …   Financial and business terms

  • Big Three — (« Les trois grands ») est le surnom donné aux trois grands groupes de construction automobile américains, General Motors, Ford et Chrysler, en raison de l importance de leur production et de leur rang de classement sur leur marché… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Big Three — The term Big Three may refer to:Government and education* Big Three (colleges), Harvard, Yale, and Princeton * The Big Three Allied leaders of World War I, the dominant diplomatic figures at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, Lloyd George,… …   Wikipedia

  • Big Three — A reference to the three largest automobile manufacturers in North America: General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. All three companies are based in Detroit, so their performance has a significant effect on the city’s economy. Employees of the… …   Investment dictionary

  • Big Three — Mit „Big Three“ (Große Drei) werden in den USA verschiedene Dinge beschrieben: die drei größten und bedeutendsten Unternehmen der US amerikanischen Automobil Industrie: Ford, General Motors und Chrysler. die drei ursprünglichen Fernsehsender der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Big Three —  The three largest U.S. automobile manufacturing firms: Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler.  ► “Despite the effort by Big Three automobile makers to FLESH OUT QS 9000 requirements and make them more understandable, the February 1995 revision… …   American business jargon

  • Big Three — The Big Three (music publishers Robbins, Feist, Miller) Robbins Music Corp; World War I peacemakers Georges Clemenceau, Lloyd George, and Woodrow Wilson; World War II peacemakers Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • Big three of teutonic thrash metal — est une appellation non officielle des 3 plus célèbres groupes de thrash metal allemands Kreator, Destruction et Sodom. Cette appellation a été construite en référence au big four of thrash qui regroupe les 4 plus célèbres groupes de thrash metal …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Big Three (sport) — Le Big Three est une ligne de défense du hockey sur glace qui jouait pour le Canadien de Montréal. Elle dura de 1974 à 1979 et elle était d ailleurs composé des trois défenseurs Larry Robinson, Serge Savard et Guy Lapointe. Basketball Une autre… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Big Three (colleges) — The Big Three is a historical term used in the United States to refer to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. The phrase Big Three originated in the 1880s, when these three colleges dominated college football.[1] High schools college admissions… …   Wikipedia

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