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Private sector

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Private sector"

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public-sectorAlternative spelling of public sector. [Of or relating to a public sector.]
civilnoun(comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.
privatenounBelonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.
privadonoun(obsolete) A trusted friend; a confidant.
privynounWith knowledge of; party to; let in on.
closedNot available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
industrynoun(countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.
deprivedSubject to deprivation; poor.
third sectornounThe economic sector consisting of non-governmental nonprofits.
private enterprisenounenterprise owned by private owners, investors or shareholders
small businessnoun(business, economics) A privately-owned and operated business with relatively small turnover and staff numbers, typically seen as constituting part of a specific commercial or economic sector.
businessnoun(uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
companynoun(law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
firmnoun(UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
groupnounA number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
tertiary sectornoun(economics) The sector of the economy that principally provides goods and services to consumers using goods produced by the other sectors.
state-owned enterprisenounA commercial business wholly or partly owned and operated by a central government.
servicesnoun(business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.
by-businessnounBusiness aside from the main business.
service economynounAn economy based on service sector, such as: financial services, hospitality, retail, health, human services, information technology and education.

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