private sector

noun

: the part of an economy which is not controlled or owned by the government

businesses in the private sector

private-sector businesses/gains

Examples of private sector in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For mega-infrastructure projects, such as major highway and bridge repair, replacement and expansion, public-private partnerships can be used, allowing the private sector to bear the initial construction costs and any overruns, rather than taxpayers. —Mariana Trujillo, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025

In just over a month, the first-ever private sector import ban on new Chinese drones to the United States will likely go into effect. —Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 22 Nov. 2025

Details are sketchy, but the unit is being referred to internally as BBC Media Tech, with sources suggesting that investment could be unlocked if it were unleashed on the private sector. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2025

Kenya’s largest private sector umbrella body welcomed the lifting of the moratorium, telling Semafor that significant investment in power generation and high-voltage transmission lines was necessary to mitigate the ongoing loadshedding. —Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 21 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for private sector

• photodetector
• bisector
• collector
• connector
• corrector
• defector
• deflector
• detector
• director
• dissector
• effector
• ejector