private enterprise

noun

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What is more, harsh economic sanctions designed to punish regimes often instead end up punishing ordinary people and driving private enterprises either out of business or into the hands of the regime for help. Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 In an opinion piece published on Sunday, the economist urged structural reforms to rebalance the economy, including measures to support labour market, strengthen social safety net and bolster private enterprises. Anniek Bao, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025 In his view, a version of capitalism in which an alliance of private enterprise and state power protected the interests of its titans was superseded by a regime that, for the first time, really protected the interests of its titans. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Governments redirect resources to defense, constrain private enterprise, or shift entire regions into wartime production. Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for private enterprise

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of private enterprise was in 1789

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“Private enterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20enterprise. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.

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