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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

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.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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