n.
- Business activities unregulated by state ownership or control; privately owned business.
- A privately owned business enterprise, especially one operating under a system of free enterprise or laissez-faire capitalism.
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Business carried on for profit and not owned by the government; also, the system that discourages public ownership of business; the same as free enterprise. (See private sector.)
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
subscribing to capitalistic competition
Synonyms: competitive, free-enterprise
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