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public enterprise

British

noun

economic activity by governmental organizations Compare private enterprise

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“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

Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor also alleged that the family offered her the powerful public enterprise minister's post in 2010 in exchange for business favours.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2016

The last public enterprise of which Prince Henry had the direction was worthy to close his administration of the affairs relating to Portuguese discovery.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

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