private operator

collocation in English

meaningsofprivateandoperator

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private
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.vət/us
/ˈpraɪ.vət/
only for one person or group and not ...
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operator
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tər/us
/ˈɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone whose job is to use and control a machine ...
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(Definition ofprivateandoperatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprivate operator

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The financial position of theprivateoperatorimproved rapidly as a result of improvements in billing and large increases in tariffs.
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From the start, relations between theprivateoperatorand the government were tense.
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When government failed to pay, theprivateoperatorwithheld its rental payments due to the government, thus restricting scope for future investment.
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Privatization of public water utilities is frequently viewed as a solution to this problem under the assumption that theprivateoperatorwill be more efficient than the public one.
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Weak regulation made it difficult to assess requests for increases in the overall tariff and the share that went to theprivateoperator.
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Because of this and because of the informal price negotiations, theprivateoperatorwas receiving more than twice the revenue per cubic metre than was originally anticipated.
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They will relieve hardship and lift the burdens which are imposed on theprivateoperator.
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In undertaking a franchise, theprivateoperatorwill be asking for long-term financing from the banking system.
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All those features are now available, but at higher cost which will be difficult for aprivateoperatorto afford.
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We think there is a great opportunity for theprivateoperatorin the carriage of freight.
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If not, he is proposing that the public sector should pay for the assets and that the profits should go to aprivateoperator.
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I am not interested in whether this is carried out by government or by aprivateoperator.
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Will he also bear in mind that anyprivateoperatormight be subjected to strike action, which service discipline, of course, precludes?
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At the start of the process, theprivateoperatordecides which services it can run on a commercial basis.
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Now he is the good friend of theprivateoperator.
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If reports are made because of certain misdeeds, will theprivateoperatorbe able to use lawyers to try to safeguard his scheme?
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Presumably they will obtain petrol at advantageous prices, and will have many other advantages over the smallprivateoperator.
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But theprivateoperatoris bound to look at it in that way and want to have things pretty safe before he looks at it.
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We may feel that we should look at the manner in which licences are granted to theprivateoperator.
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I was asked one or two other questions about theprivateoperator.
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