private firm

collocation in English

meaningsofprivateandfirm

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private
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.vət/us
/ˈpraɪ.vət/
only for one person or group and not ...
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firm
noun[C]
uk
/fɜːm/us
/fɝːm/
a company offering a professional service, for example a company ...
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(Definition ofprivateandfirmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprivate firm

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Thirdly, national and international regulation andprivatefirmdecisions are closely connected.
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The mailing of the baseline questionnaires was carried out by aprivatefirmspecializing in large mail outs.
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For example, with a management contract theprivatefirmassumes relatively little risk, operating the enterprise for a fixed remuneration.
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Production of the single consumption good is assumed to take place in either a state-owned enterprise or aprivatefirm.
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But this curious exchange does give rise to surprise that any observer could conceive of such an expansive role for aprivatefirmin the age of the triumphant state.
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Assume that there is a "sole owner," for example, a government agency or aprivatefirm, who owns all rights to the exploitation of the fish population.
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No new facilities have been afforded to anyprivatefirmfor transmission of mail during the current industrial dispute.
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It seems that it has changed its ideas since the period when it virtually drove out theprivatefirmwhich proposed to establish a factory.
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I merely ask that theprivatefirmshould not be worse off than the director-controlled company.
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At £3,000 profit, however, theprivatefirmor partnership would be called upon to pay £48 while the director-controlled company would still pay nothing.
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There is one particular site where aprivatefirmwould like to introduce a considerable warehouse which could give a good deal of employment.
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It was years ago that it was aprivatefirm.
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By that, of course, it means the bringing in of aprivatefirmto manage the dockyard for a period of years.
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If in anyprivatefirma person makes an undertaking like that and plainly states what the salary is to be, that salary is paid.
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First, we believe that theprivatefirmknows more about the service.
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Theprivatefirmis doing that to keep within its tender.
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If the co-operative feels that a relationship with aprivatefirmcan be of benefit, all strength to it.
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A statutory monopoly does not have the same sanctions of bankruptcy and it is unlikely to be taken over by a largeprivatefirm.
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It is the more important, therefore, to ensure that this distinction which militates against the smallprivatefirm, is wiped away.
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If aprivatefirmcarried out such a transaction, it would be looked upon as fraudulent.
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