SME

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sme"

Translingual

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SME

  1. (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Suriname.
    Synonym: SUR (for general use)

Usage notes

This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for Suriname is SUR.

English

Noun

SME (plural SMEs)

  1. (business) Initialism of small and medium-sized enterprise or small- to medium-sized enterprise.
    Synonym: SMB
    • 2023 December 7, Bella Webb, “Finally, The EU Is Banning Fashion’s Dirty Secret: Destroying Unsold Goods”, in British Vogue‎, archived from the original on 2023-12-16:
      The ban on destroying unsold goods will be among the longer lead times: large businesses have two years to comply, and SMEs have been granted up to six years.
  2. Initialism of subject matter expert.

Translations

Proper noun

SME

  1. Initialism of Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

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