private sector

private sector

noun
the area of the nation's economy under private rather than governmental control.
Compare public sector.


Origin:
1950–55
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private sector
 
n
Compare public sector the part of a country's economy that consists of privately owned enterprises

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private sector definition


That part of an economy in which goods and services are produced by individuals and companies as opposed to the government, which controls the public sector.

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