private sector

English

Etymology

private + sector

Noun

Wikipedia private sector (plural private sectors)

1. (business) 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.

Antonyms

• (business): public sector

Translations

organizations not controlled by government

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 私立部門 (cmn), 私立部门 (cmn) (sīlì bùmén)

• Finnish: yksityissektori (fi), yksityinen sektori
• French: secteur privé (fr) m
• German: Privatsektor (de) m

• Japanese: 民間セクター (ja) (minkan-sekutā)
• Russian: частный сектор (ru) (částnyj séktor) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: roinn phrìobhaideach (gd) f
• Swedish: privat sektor (sv) c

See also

• public sector