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private enterprise

private enterprise
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˈpraɪ vɪt ˈen-tə(r)-ˌprīz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˈpraɪ vɪt ˈen-tə(r)-ˌprīz/

Definitions of private enterprise words

  • noun private enterprise free enterprise (def 1). 1
  • uncountable noun private enterprise Private enterprise is industry and business which is owned by individual people or commercial companies, and not by the government or an official organization. 0
  • noun private enterprise economic activity undertaken by private individuals or organizations under private ownership 0
  • noun private enterprise free enterprise 0
See all 4 definitions of private enterprise

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Origin of private enterprise

First appearance:

before 1835
One of the 34% newest English words
First recorded in 1835-45

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Parts of speech for Private enterprise

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Private enterprise

private enterprise popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

private enterprise usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for private enterprise

noun private enterprise

  • capitalism — Capitalism is an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are owned by private individuals and not by the state.
  • commercialism — Commercialism is the practice of making a lot of money from things without caring about their quality.
  • free enterprise — an economic and political doctrine holding that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a freely competitive market through the relationship of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental intervention and regulation.
  • free market — an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.
  • industrialism — an economic organization of society built largely on mechanized industry rather than agriculture, craftsmanship, or commerce.
All 7 Synonyms of private enterprise

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