private business
nounUK /ˈpraɪ.vət ˈbɪz.nɪs/
US /ˈpraɪ.vət ˈbɪz.nəs/
A business that is owned by people, not by the government.
My uncle runs a small private business selling fresh bread.
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2. A company whose shares are not sold to the public on a stock market.
The family kept the private business for three generations.
3. Matters that concern only one person or group and are not shared with others.
What they talked about was their own private business.
4. Work done for a particular customer rather than for the general public.
The lawyer took on some private business after hours.