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public company

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

a business that is owned by many people who have bought shares in it → Compare private companyBusinesses and enterprises
(Definition of public company noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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