privately held

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privately held

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not comparable Of a corporation or other business, owned by a small number of people, and not having shares of ownership sold via a stock exchange or other public market. Near-synonym: closely held (sometimes hyponymous)
Similar: closely held · Opposite: publicly held

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@misc{privately_held_2026,
  title = {privately held},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/privately%20held},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}