private enterprise

noun

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The Cuban government requires all private enterprises to use state importing agencies as intermediaries. Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025 The company is running a private enterprise beta and plans to charge about $2,400 per developer seat each year. Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Advertisement Advertisement The role of private enterprise is not new in driving technological innovation in nuclear fission. Time, 15 July 2025 The attempt to convert our publicly owned, protected state habitats into private enterprise is appalling avarice, as well as contempt for the public. Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for private enterprise

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of private enterprise was in 1789

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“Private enterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20enterprise. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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