Usually means: Small, family-owned, independent businesses.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word mom and pop:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. mom and pop: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mom-and-pop: Merriam-Webster
  3. mom-and-pop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mom-and-pop: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mom-and-pop, mom and pop: Wiktionary
  6. mom-and-pop: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. mom-and-pop, mom and pop: Dictionary.com
  8. Mom and Pop, Mom-and-pop, Mom and pop: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. mom-and-pop: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Mom And Pop: Investopedia
  2. Mom and pop, mom-and-pop: Legal dictionary
  3. Mom and Pop: Financial dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mom and pop)

▸ noun:  A small business, often but not always owned or operated by a family.

Similar:
family business, parent, mom and them, parent company, daughter company, pops, birdmom, custom, mother, mommom, more...

Opposite:
corporate, chain, franchise

Phrases:
mom and pop store, mom and pop shop, Mom and Pop Art, more...

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Similar:
family business, parent, mom and them, parent company, daughter company, pops, birdmom, custom, mother, mommom, more...

Opposite:
corporate, chain, franchise

Phrases:
mom and pop store, mom and pop shop, Mom and Pop Art, more...



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