free enterprise

noun

: freedom of private business to organize and operate for profit in a competitive system without interference by government beyond regulation necessary to protect public interest and keep the national economy in balance

Examples of free enterprise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jumping in to free enterprise is like diving into a swimming pool before making sure there is water available in there. —Walter E Block, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025

This is neither a free speech nor free enterprise message. —Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025

His legacy imparts an uplifting lesson in free enterprise for Black Americans this Black History Month. —Butch Meily, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2025

Or, put a different way, One Hundred Years of Solitude is the six-generation story of the Buendía clan, founders of the town of Macondo, built on cousin-loving, free enterprise, secular kindness and dreams. —Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for free enterprise

• actualize
• antagonize
• apologise
• apologize
• capitalize
• categorize
• characterize
• commercialize
• conceptualize
• contrariwise
• criminalize
• decentralize

Kids Definition

free enterprise

noun

: freedom of private business to operate with little regulation by the government