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public enterprise

British

noun

economic activity by governmental organizations Compare private enterprise

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Rajanvir Singh Kapur is the managing director of the public enterprise that oversees the tram and bus system.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

“We have an existing agreement,” Duma, minister for public enterprise and state investment, told Reuters on the telephone from Port Moresby.

From Reuters • Nov. 26, 2018

The report also stated that the Guptas tried to offer another politician the job of minister of public enterprise, in charge of state-owned companies.

From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2017

If ever a public enterprise were ripe for privatization, it’s this one; the ineptitude of the county’s Department of Liquor Control, an 80-year-old remnant of post-Prohibition days, is notorious.

From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2016

I can’t think of any public enterprise to work up, or any nuisance to be suppressed.”

From The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted by Barrett, Katharine Ellis

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