private enterprise

noun

: free enterprise

Examples of private enterprise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Perhaps the heart of the matter is, as the editorial board suggests, the willingness of young people to trust government over private enterprise. — Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

In 2024, when the economy had already been in crisis for several years, the government issued a decree listing 125 commercial activities prohibited to private enterprises, non-agricultural cooperatives and the self-employed. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026

In the Poltava region, next to Dnipropetrovsk region in the west, a drone strike hit warehouses at a private enterprise, killing one person, said regional head Vitalii Diakivnych. — ABC News, 30 July 2026

At the same time, Roosevelt continued to defend the virtues of private enterprise. — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for private enterprise

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