The private sector is the part of a country's economy which consists of industries and commercial companies that are not owned or controlled by the government.
[business]
...small firms in the private sector.
...the gap between the salaries of public and private sector employees.
private sector in British English
noun
the part of a country's economy that consists of privately owned enterprises
Compare public sector
Examples of 'private sector' in a sentence
private sector
I could see the whole episode hadn't improved his attitude to the private sector.
Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002)
I see all that as coming later, after he'd left the British Army and joined the private sector.
Bringle, Mary DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN (2002)
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private sector
British English: private sector NOUN
The private sector is the part of a country's economy which consists of industries and commercial companies that are not owned or controlled by the government.