private company
noun [C]Definition
› a company with shares that are not traded on a stock market: EM.TV is a family-owned private company. → Compare public company
(Definition of private company noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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