private initiative

collocation in English

meaningsofprivateandinitiative

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private
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.vət/us
/ˈpraɪ.vət/
only for one person or group and not ...
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initiative
noun
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.t̬ɪv/
a new plan or process to achieve something or solve ...
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(Definition ofprivateandinitiativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprivate initiative

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Thus, the system acted as a brake onprivateinitiativeand was an obstacle to the development of the telephone.
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At this critical juncture government was still reluctant to get involved butprivateinitiativestepped in and took the lead.
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The first attempt ofprivateinitiativeto introduce electrical illumination was concerned with the railway station - the outstanding symbol of modern trade and economy.
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He believedprivateinitiativewas better than municipal ownership and management.
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For most of the 1930s the organisation of such asset transfers was left toprivateinitiative.
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During the 1980s, new-right politicians held thatprivateinitiativeand entrepreneurship was a key to economic revival.
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Admittedly, shortages and economic disturbances weighed heavily onprivateinitiative, of which the middle and upper classes were the backbone.
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Would it not be better to leave the whole question up toprivateinitiative?
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This was also the early heyday of the classical economists, who preached the message of the free market, self-help andprivateinitiative.
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On the other hand,privateinitiativewas progressively reduced either to the work of scholars and publishing houses which depended on state subsidies, or to individual or group opposition.
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Antarctica became the property of an anonymous administration that replacedprivateinitiative.
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The minister emphasised that he regarded 'top-up' donations as 'a suitable place forprivateinitiativeand private generosity'.
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We believe that the public sector would probably give a good example toprivateinitiativeif it adopted measures to continue to reduce pay differentials.
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I think that these informing studies must at present be left toprivateinitiative.
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Is it really sensible and fair to rely on private funding andprivateinitiativein this realm?
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The matter would appear to be one forprivateinitiative.
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On the other side, there is a flourishing variety of voluntary bodies founded uponprivateinitiative, with growing resources.
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I hope that some of these shelters will be maintained, if only as monuments toprivateinitiativeand public irritation.
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I have every confidence that those opportunities will be seized with the energy and imagination whichprivateinitiativecan generate.
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