private enterprise

noun

: free enterprise

Examples of private enterprise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Donalds‘ vision for Florida students includes overhauling the state’s grading system for schools and opening the doors to Florida’s education system more widely to private enterprise. — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026

Nations such as China, North Korea and Russia have placed much of their economies under government ownership and control while allowing little private enterprise. — Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026

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 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

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