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private means

noun [plural]
 
 
(UK also private income)

Definition

income that you receive from your family, investments, or land, and not from a jobEarning money and money earned
(Definition of private means noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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