thương hội

thương hội

Thương hội họp bàn tại một tòa nhà cổ.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Merchant guild / trade association: A formal organization or society, typically historical, composed of merchants or traders from a particular town, region, or trade, established to protect mutual commercial interests, regulate trade practices, and sometimes exert political influence.
    • Commercial society (archaic): An older term for a company or corporation formed for business purposes.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • Thương hội vải lụa ở Hội An rất có thế lực vào thế kỷ 17. (The silk merchant guild in Hoi An was very influential in the 17th century.)
    • Các thương hội ngày xưa thường có những quy định riêng về giá cả và chất lượng. (Trade associations in the old days often had their own rules on prices and quality.)
    • Họ cùng nhau thành lập một thương hội để buôn bán gạo. (They together established a commercial society to trade rice.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term "thương hội" is considered somewhat archaic in modern Vietnamese and is primarily used in historical or formal contexts to describe pre-modern or early modern business collectives. It evokes a sense of organized, collective commerce before the widespread adoption of terms like (company) or (commerce association).
Variants and Related Words
  • Phường hội (n): A guild; often used for artisan or trade guilds, sometimes overlapping with the concept of a merchant guild.
    • Phường hội thợ kim hoàn rất giàu có. (The goldsmiths' guild was very wealthy.)
  • Hiệp hội thương mại (n): A modern term for a trade or commerce association.
    • Hiệp hội thương mại điện tử Việt Nam. (The Vietnam E-commerce Association.)
Synonyms
  • Guild: An association of artisans or merchants.
  • Trade association: A body representing businesses in a specific industry.
  • Commercial society (archaic): A company formed for trading.
Related Concepts
  • Bảo hộ mậu dịch: Trade protection; a common activity of historical .
    • Thương hội thực hiện việc bảo hộ mậu dịch cho các thành viên. (The guild implemented trade protection for its members.)
  • Độc quyền thương mại: Trade monopoly; guilds often sought to establish these.
    • Thương hội muốn tạo ra sự độc quyền thương mại trong khu vực. (The guild wanted to create a commercial monopoly in the region.)