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private company

noun

, British.
  1. a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.


private company

noun

  1. a limited company that does not issue shares for public subscription and whose owners do not enjoy an unrestricted right to transfer their shareholdings Compare public company
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of private company1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

Academic researchers, bioethicists and scientists at private companies, such as IBM and Facebook, are discussing these questions among themselves.

The right, meanwhile, is largely concerned with claims of censorship, and believes that private companies should be forced into a stance of political neutrality to protect conservative speech.

NASA’s collaboration with SpaceX also represented the next evolution in human spaceflight, as the government works with private companies to design and build spacecraft and rockets.

The flight announced Monday would mark another significant milestone in the privatization of spaceflight, as private companies erode governments’ long-held monopoly on human spaceflight.

The transition has been, at times, tumultuous, as private companies suffer failures with potentially serious consequences but don’t always report them publicly.

Should it even be up to a private company to influence government policy?

After 57 years of continuous operation, the theater closed, was sold to a private company, and scheduled for demolition.

And if conservatives are against the private company in the case of Chipotle, are they suddenly for government?

I'd prefer that this hypothetical healthcare Sam Walton be a private company operating in a competitive marketplace.

Kia: Male Fantasy Year: 2012 Ad Meter Score: 7.75 Kellogg Grade: B Share Price Change: 0.95 percent* *Private company 18.

While the islands were leased to a private company the beaches were patrolled by riflemen.

On the other hand, I never yet heard of a private company seeking a franchise without doing so more or less openly.

The government does not try to compel you to write letters any more than the private company tries to compel you to send packages.

I have never found in England a private company having any inspection whatsoever of dangerous industries.

On the other hand, the work of a private company on the line leading towards Manchuria is making little headway.

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