private enterprise

private enterprise

n.1. Business activities unregulated by state ownership or control; privately owned business.2. A privately owned business enterprise, especially one operating under a system of free enterprise or laissez-faire capitalism.

private enterprise

n 1. (Economics) economic activity undertaken by private individuals or organizations under private ownership. Compare public enterprise 2. (Economics) another name for capitalism

free′ en′terprise

n. 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.

private enterprise

The area of business that is privately owned and not regulated by state control.

Thesaurus

Noun

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private enterprise - an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine pricesfree enterprise, laissez-faire economy, market economycapitalism, capitalist economy - an economic system based on private ownership of capitaleconomic system, economy - the system of production and distribution and consumption

Translations

私人企业

private

(ˈpraivət) adjective1. of, for, or belonging to, one person or group, not to the general public. The headmaster lives in a private apartment in the school; in my private (=personal) opinion; This information is to be kept strictly private; You shouldn't listen to private conversations. 私人的 私人的2. having no public or official position or rank. It is your duty as a private citizen to report this matter to the police. 無官職的，平民的 无官职的，平民的 noun in the army, an ordinary soldier, not an officer. 士兵 士兵privacy (ˈprivəsi) , ((American) ˈprai-) noun the state of being away from other people's sight or interest. in the privacy of your own home. 隱居 隐居ˈprivately adverb 私人地 私人地private enterprise the management and financing of industry etc by individual persons or companies and not by the state. 私人企業 私人企业private means money that does not come from one's work but from investment, inheritance etc. 薪資以外的收入(如投資或遺產贈予) 工资以外的收入（投资等私人收入） in private with no-one else listening or watching; not in public. May I speak to you in private? 秘密地 秘密地