public enterprise
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Governor Jenkins assailed it on the floor as dangerous to capital and fatal to public enterprise.
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Stovall, Pleasant A.
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