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private company

noun

British.
  1. a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.


private company

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of private company1

First recorded in 1905–10
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“There are certainly other databases full of genetic information, but they’re held by researchers like hospitals and are subject to very different ethical guidelines than a private company,” he said.

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Big Brother Watch, Index on Censorship, and Open Rights Group argue there is "significant public interest" in "on what basis the UK government believes it can compel a private company to undermine the privacy and security of its customers".

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"While we are making progress against our ambitious turnaround strategy, meaningful value creation will take time, focus and change that is better managed as a private company," he added.

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The DOJ said that hackers, which appeared to represent a private company, i-Soon, charged Chinese agencies between $10,000 and $75,000 for each "exploited" email inbox.

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In 2015 some of the accommodation blocks had work completed by a private company, including the removal of asbestos.

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