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private enterprise

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private enterprise
n.
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
n
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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Noun1.private enterpriseprivate enterprise - an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices
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 nl'iniziativa privata
private enterprise nl'iniziativa privata


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Advancing quietly; old differences settling down, and being fast forgotten; public feeling and private enterprise alike in a sound and wholesome state; nothing of flush or fever in its system, but health and vigour throbbing in its steady pulse: it is full of hope and promise.
 
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