free enterprise

noun

: freedom of private business to organize and operate for profit in a competitive system without interference by government beyond regulation necessary to protect public interest and keep the national economy in balance

Examples of free enterprise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Or, put a different way, One Hundred Years of Solitude is the six-generation story of the Buendía clan, founders of the town of Macondo, built on cousin-loving, free enterprise, secular kindness and dreams. —Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024

The tipping fee for dumping into the trash dump of the sky would go worldwide, and free enterprise would deliver innovation at speed and scale as greener becomes cheaper compared to dirty made accountable. —Bob Inglis, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024

But as the Times pointed out, this whole thing has its roots and the time to build, free enterprise thinking. —Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024

The award is given each year to a business leader who embodies and exemplifies the ideals of free enterprise. —Miles Socha, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for free enterprise

• actualize
• antagonize
• apologise
• apologize
• capitalize
• categorize
• characterize
• commercialize
• conceptualize
• contrariwise
• criminalize
• decentralize

Kids Definition

free enterprise

noun

: freedom of private business to operate with little regulation by the government