กลุ่มทุน(glùm tún)
Meanings
1NounB2
business/financial bloc; big-business interests
a set of investors, financiers, or corporate owners acting together or dominating sectors; corporate or ‘big business’ interests
Examples
ร้านกาแฟráan gaa-faeร้านกาแฟráan gaa-faecoffee shop; caféเล็กๆlék lékเล็กๆlék lék1small; little; tiny (softened by reduplication)2slightly; a littleร้านนั้นráan nánร้านนั้นráan nánthat shop; that storeถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)กลุ่มทุนglùm túnกลุ่มทุนglùm tún1business/financial bloc; big-business interests2investor consortium; funding groupใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; senior4generous; magnanimous (figurative)ซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offไปแล้วbpai láewไปแล้วbpai láew1[to] have gone; have left; be gone (completed action)2[to] be off now; I'm leaving (announcement)
That small coffee shop has already been bought by a large corporate group.
2NounB2
investor consortium; funding group
a group of backers financing or supporting a project or enterprise
Examples
สตาร์ทอัพsà-dtáat-ápสตาร์ทอัพsà-dtáat-ápstartup; innovation-focused new companyของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedกลุ่มทุนglùm túnกลุ่มทุนglùm tún1business/financial bloc; big-business interests2investor consortium; funding groupมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerสนับสนุนsà-nàp-sà-nŭnสนับสนุนsà-nàp-sà-nŭn1[to] support; back; endorse2[to] sponsor; fund3[to] advocate; promoteเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ขยายkà-yăaiขยายkà-yăai1[to] expand; enlarge; extend2[to] lengthen; prolong3[to] magnify; zoom in4[to] elaborate; clarify5[to] spread; propagate; proliferateธุรกิจtú-rá-gìtธุรกิจtú-rá-gìt1business (commercial activity)2business (company; enterprise)3business affairs; work mattersได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedเร็วreoเร็วreo1fast; quick (speed/time)2premature; too soon3quickly; fast
His startup got a group of backers to support it, so it could expand the business quickly.
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Word Breakdown
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กลุ่มทุนglùm túnกลุ่มทุนglùm túnbusiness/financial bloc; big-business interests