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private
adjective (NOT OFFICIAL) /ˈpraɪ.vət/Definition
B2 controlled or paid for by a person or company and not by the government: private education/healthcare a private doctor/dentist Banks should be supporting small private businesses.Business and commerce - general words
(Definition of private adjective (NOT OFFICIAL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Business - general words
Synonyms and related words:
- appointment noun (JOB)
- B2B
- B2C
- big business noun (POPULAR)
- Bros. noun
- burn rate noun
- clearing house noun
- deal verb (DO BUSINESS)
- dealings noun
- devolution noun
- devolve sth to sb phrasal verb
- fair trade noun
- mass market noun
- offshore adjective
- private enterprise noun
- privately adverb (NOT OFFICIAL)
- restrictive trade practice noun
- see the colour of sb's money idiom
- sell-off noun
- tender noun (OFFER)
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