private enterprise

noun

Examples of private enterprise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Detractors say the expansion of New York’s theater program illustrates two central problems with public support for private enterprise: temporary tax breaks often become permanent, and they are used to incentivize economic activity that would happen anyway. Michael Paulson, New York Times, 17 May 2024 And the private enterprises that committed vast sums to mollifying the activist class by parking DEI functionaries in sinecures within their human-resources departments began paring back their beneficence. The Editors, National Review, 16 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for private enterprise 

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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 31 May. 2024.

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