capitalist enterprise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcapitalistandenterprise
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capitalist
adjective
uk/ˈkæp.ɪ.təl.ɪst/us/ˈkæp.ə.t̬əl.ɪst/
based on the system of capitalism (= an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are controlled by private owners rather than by the state, with the purpose of making ...
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enterprise
noun
uk/ˈen.tə.praɪz/us/ˈen.t̬ɚ.praɪz/
an organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that will ...
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(Definition ofcapitalistandenterprisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Corporate directors apparently succeeded in their efforts to maximise profits for their shareholders, fulfilling their primary responsibility as managers of acapitalistenterprise.
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Appalled by the endlessly destructive effects ofcapitalistenterprise, he was reluctant to turn to ' ' big government ' ' for an answer.
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According to a recent study, cattle-raiding has become a highly organisedcapitalistenterprise, carried out by specialised groups of young men whose motives are essentially mercantile.
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Privatecapitalistenterprisewas managed by technicians responsible to directors, in turn responsible to the proprietors, the shareholders.
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It is one of the disappointments ofcapitalistenterprise.
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Is this not the case with ordinarycapitalistenterpriseall over the world?
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It has a place assured forcapitalistenterpriseside by side with enterprises under public control.
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When it comes to buying in the cheapest market, they are as keen as anycapitalistenterprise.
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Let us admit the statement that it was an attempt to bolster upcapitalistenterprise.
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It was left tocapitalistenterprisein the market.
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On top of thatcapitalistenterprisemay, in technique and wealth production, add its own development.
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They are not advocating traditionalcapitalistenterprise.
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This is under acapitalistenterprise.
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That evidence proves conclusively to me that the difficulties in which we find ourselves from time to time are due, in the main, to the natural outcome ofcapitalistenterprise.
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The fact of the matter is that, as a means of ordinarycapitalistenterprise, the provision of rented houses for the vast mass of our population has now absolutely failed.
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This approach should seek to rehabilitate areas such as mine, where there are 66 firms which have failed undercapitalistenterprisein the last seven years.
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We distinguish between personal action and collective action and between the profit-makingcapitalistenterpriseand one that operates for the benefit of society as a whole.
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It is an area which, because of its fine industrial position, has been built on and overbuilt on with each wave ofcapitalistenterprisein this country.
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It was evident that he himself, in spite of all he said, has no great confidence in the possibilities ofcapitalistenterprisein competition with public enterprise.
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The total capital tied up by acapitalistenterpriseof course includes more than fixed assets, materials and wages/salaries; it also includes liquid funds, reserves and other financial assets.
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