Fortune 500
English
Noun
Fortune 500 (countable and uncountable, plural Fortune 500s)
- (singular only) The list published annually by Fortune magazine of the 500 United States companies with the highest revenue.
- 1987, Katherine V. Forrest, Murder at the Nightwood Bar, Alyson Publishing, ISBN 1555837174, page 65,
- I'm betting they're more listings from the Fortune 500.
- 2004, Matt Ruff, Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy, Grove Press, ISBN 0802141552, page 42,
- If he were a corporation instead of a criminal he'd be in the Fortune 500 by now.
- 2004, Fern Michaels, Payback, ISBN 0821778765, Prologue,
- Myra Rutledge, heiress to a Fortune 500 candy company, looked around her state-of-the-art kitchen, at the pots bubbling on the stove, at the table set for two.
- 1987, Katherine V. Forrest, Murder at the Nightwood Bar, Alyson Publishing, ISBN 1555837174, page 65,
- (plural only) Collectively, the members of that list.
- 1990, Michael Novak, Toward a Theology of the Corporation, American Enterprise Institute, ISBN 0844737445, page 20,
- In other words, a majority of the Fortune 500 are of the size of universities, from 500 up to about 40000 employees.
- 1999, Steve Fiffer, Three Quarters, Two Dimes and a Nickel: A Memoir of Becoming Whole, The Free Press, ISBN 0684873516, page 170,
- Few sportswear or sports equipment companies could be found pitching their products on television; and even fewer could be found among the Fortune 500.
- 2003, Joel C. Rosenberg, The Last Jihad, Tor/Forge, ISBN 0765346435, page 23,
- Bennett didn't appear on CNBC, or kibitz with Maria Bartiromo, or speak at Fortune 500 conferences, or get himself profiled in the Wall Street Journal.
- 1990, Michael Novak, Toward a Theology of the Corporation, American Enterprise Institute, ISBN 0844737445, page 20,
- (by extension, informal, countable) Any one member of that list.
- 1990, Sue Grafton, "G" is for Gumshoe, Henry Holt and Company, ISBN 0805004610, page 154,
- Abbott was in his late sixties and looked like a retired Fortune 500 executive in a three-piece suit, complete with manicured nails and a Rolex watch.
- 2000, Susan F. Shultz, The Board Book, →ISBN, page 13:
- If logic and demonstrations of success are not impetus enough, realize that activists are now looking beyond Fortune 500s.
- 2005, Amy Scheibe, What Do You Do All Day?, St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312343035, page 53,
- I shrink a little at the idea of Portia breaking another glass ceiling on her way to what can only be president or CEO of a Fortune 500.
- 1990, Sue Grafton, "G" is for Gumshoe, Henry Holt and Company, ISBN 0805004610, page 154,