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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

Never did greater care preside over a public enterprise.

From The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field

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