0 industry and businesses owned by ordinary people, not by the government --
1 a business owned and controlled independently and not by government, or the system that encourages such businesses --
2 the economic system that is based on the principle of companies being owned privately, rather than by the government: --
The relationship between private enterprise and local government has been a basic feature of China's swift development.
3 a company that is not owned by the government: --
Foreign-trading rights have now been extended to many private enterprises.
public and private enterprises
Limited private enterprise was legalised in an attempt to revive the economy and the government introduced drastic reductions in public spending.
During this period too, forest resource utilization essentially followed the private enterprise path, albeit for select individuals.
The transportation of the mail was now a direct function of state, not a regulated function of private enterprise.
All the mentioned problem commodities are today produced by private enterprise.
In a world of private enterprise, where no subsidies aided theatre construction, this is easy to understand.
British business had emerged from the war in offensive mood and meant to re-create a ' free ' private enterprise system at all costs.
Presumably, therefore, older men and women will benefit more or less equally from the private enterprise social security scheme.
Since the method is in the school syllabus, supplementary classes are offered by community centres and by private enterprise for a fee.