private enterprise
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈpraɪvɪt ˈɛntərpraɪz/
:
iniciativa privada
- Most trade in the capitalist world is carried on by private enterprises, mainly by large corporations.
- market and private enterprise
- free market and private enterprise
- private enterprise economy
You know, we don't want choices to be diminished because private enterprise starts mimicking government schools.
- You know, we don't want choices to be diminished because private enterprise starts mimicking government schools.
- As we all know is the Chinese economy began to open up to more private enterprise and foreign investment.
- So the real issue is that we're conflating public with private enterprises.
- Isn't that an example of how hard it is to control the private enterprise system in healthcare, even with a monolithic powerhouse like Medicare?
- The support staff is there but they're not really as attentive as perhaps they might be in private enterprise.
- So Fire Town, which is a private enterprise environment, nuclear coronation of of form the western areas.
Examples
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Probably the most dramatic economic change was the gradual integration of private enterprise into Chinese society.
Academic text (1999) -
Reagan believed other countries would not follow the American private enterprise model unless our own policy endorsed these principles.
Academic text (1990) -
And so when does private enterprise lead us into space?
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In short, private enterprise always has the bottom line to guide it.
Academic text (1997) -
Government failed them at some level, and private enterprise kicks in to complete the job.
Blog text (13) -
For example, in much of West Africa, the largest private enterprises are real estate agencies and import agencies.
Academic text (1994) -
Reflecting years of artificial restrictions on private enterprise, it is currently the most dynamic area of formerly socialist economies.
Academic text (1991) -
Ordinarily, a private enterprise has an easy and straightforward test of whether it succeeds or not.
Academic text (1997) -
As privatization unfolds, private enterprise expands, and the domestic market is opened to foreign competition.
Academic text (1991) -
Private enterprise plays a crucial role in driving innovation and economic growth in many countries.
Synonyms
292
3.8
A system where people or companies own businesses and property to make money
93
3.0
A system where people and businesses buy and sell goods and prices are set by supply and demand
30
3.8
A system where private businesses compete and the market sets prices with little government control
4
4.2
An economic system where private people or companies own businesses and try to make money
An economy where businesses operate with little government control
How Public
- Specialized
2
4.1
14
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'businesses owned and managed by private individuals rather than the government' is directly derivable from combining 'private' (not public/governmental) with 'enterprise' (a commercial organization). This adjective + noun composition follows standard semantics and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The term private enterprise may come from the simple idea of a person or group starting a business on their own: private means 'not run by the government' and enterprise means 'business or project'. So, it refers to companies owned and run by private people rather than by the government.