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

Nor did a spokesperson for Geo Group, a private company that is not named in the suit but owns and operates the facility as a contractor for the federal government.

From Los Angeles Times

In December, attorneys filed an emergency motion asking a federal judge to order ICE to provide lifesaving medical care to two plaintiffs at the facility, operated by the private company CoreCivic.

From Los Angeles Times

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