private company

American  

noun

British.

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

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private company British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of private company

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

A train run by private company Iryo derailed last Sunday and its rear carriages crossed on to the opposite track into the path of an oncoming train run by state-owned Renfe.

From BBC

Yet FPT is dwarfed by the biggest of the "leading cranes", Vingroup, Vietnam's largest private company, which is much more like the traditional, family-owned conglomerates that dominate the economies of other South East Asian countries.

From BBC

CrowdStrike has been even more aggressive, with three private company acquisitions since September.

From Barron's

CrowdStrike has been even more aggressive, with three private company acquisitions since September.

From Barron's

The hyperscaler also struck a deal with TerraPower, a private company founded by Bill Gates, to fund the development of two reactors that could generate up to 690 megawatts of power by 2032.

From Barron's