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free enterprise

The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation.

free′-en′ter·prise′ adj.

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free enterprise

(Economics) an economic system in which commercial organizations compete for profit with little state control

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free′ en′terprise

1. the doctrine that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a competitive market on the basis of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental regulation.

2. the practice of free enterprise.

[1885–90]

free′ en′terpriser, n.

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Noun

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

laissez-faire economy, market economy, private enterprise

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

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

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free enterprise

n → liberalismo economico

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The merit shop philosophy is the belief that people and companies succeed based on free enterprise principles within the free market system, which is characterized by open and fair competition and diverse participants, ABC contends.

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Several new free-market centers received their first installments from the Charles Koch Foundation (CKF) in 2016, including the controversial Center for the Study of Free Enterprise at Western Carolina University (WCU).

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The Free Enterprise Award - first presented to Sir Keith Joseph in 1975 - is given to the person judged to have made the greatest contribution to the market economy in the past year - as a businessman, journalist, academic or other intellectual.