private sector

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private sector

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noun private sectors

All organizations in an economy or jurisdiction that are not controlled by government, including privately owned businesses and not-for-profit organizations. After spending two decades at various government agencies, he returned to the private sector and took a job as a business consultant.

Opposite: public sector

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noun

Opposite: public sector

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noun organizations not controlled by government

日本語	民間セクター minkan-sekutā
中文	私人部門 /私人部门 sīrén bùmén
Kiswahili	sekta ya binafsi
Français	secteur privé
Deutsch	Privatsektor
Ελληνικά	ιδιωτικός τομέας idiotikós toméas
Русский	ча́стный се́ктор částnyj séktor

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@misc{private_sector_2026,
  title = {private sector},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/private%20sector},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}