| 释义 |
SoHo, n.3 Business (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈsəʊhəʊ|, U.S. |ˈsoʊhoʊ|
Forms: 19– SOHO, 19– SoHo
[Acronym ‹ the initial letters of s mall office, home office.
In form SoHo probably after SoHo, the name of a district of Manhattan.]
The small business sector, in particular that part of it which is home-based; esp. as a market for information technology. Chiefly attrib.
1991Computer Reseller News 21 Oct. (News section) 238 Making the [software] packages affordable for the ‘man on the street, and the small office, home office (SOHO) market’. 1994Computing 3 Mar. 22/3 It has been unable to completely fulfil orders from any of its chosen sectors, from SoHo to corporates, over the past nine months. 2001Independent 1 May (Tuesday Rev.) 4/4 So, while the quintessential e-lancer is a ‘SoHo’ worker—self-employed and working from home—remote workers for large organisations are also e-lancers. |