the private sectornoun [ S ]
uk/ˈpraɪ.vət ˌsek.tər/us/ˈpraɪ.vət ˌsek.tɚ/businesses and industries that are not owned or controlled by the government:
60 percent of recent graduates are working in the private sector.
private sector employers
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enterprises
- acquirer
- acquiror
- agency
- airline
- answering service
- auction house
- carrier
- collective
- enterprise
- est
- establishment
- firm
- fragmented
- franchise
- outfit
- plc
- private company
- private practice
- Pty
- public company
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