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Definition of private sector - 2 dictionary results

private sector

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


Origin:
1950–55

private sector

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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