Private-enterprise
noun
1.
free enterprise (def 1).
private enterprise
noun
1.
economic activity undertaken by private individuals or organizations under private ownership Compare public enterprise
2.
another name for capitalism
private enterprise definition
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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