private enterprise

noun

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The war also gave the IRGC a taste for private enterprise, anticipating the economic dominance, notably in energy and infrastructure, that companies linked to the corps enjoy today. Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 Against the backdrop of tariff pressures and sluggish private sector activity, its timing signaled strong government support for private enterprise. Li Jun, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025 The starting point for the feature was a research trip to Chongqing in 2018, to interview people who belong to the first generation of business owners in the 1990s, when economic reforms begun in the mid 1970s started to encourage private enterprise. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025 The inclusion of Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma in a meeting of private enterprise leaders chaired by China's President Xi Jinping this month, and photos of Ma shaking hands with Xi, has further raised investor confidence in Alibaba. Harshita Mary Varghese and Casey Hall, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for private enterprise

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First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 Mar. 2025.

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