private enterprise

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private enterprise

1. Business activities unregulated by state ownership or control; privately owned business.

2. A privately owned business enterprise, especially one operating under a system of free enterprise or laissez-faire capitalism.

private enterprise

1. (Economics) economic activity undertaken by private individuals or organizations under private ownership Compare public enterprise

2. (Economics) another name for capitalism

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Noun

private enterprise - an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices

free enterprise, laissez-faire economy, market economy

capitalism, capitalist economy - an economic system based on private ownership of capital

economic system, economy - the system of production and distribution and consumption

Translations

private enterprise n → l'iniziativa privata

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