- free enterprise
- ,free `enterprise noun uncountan economic system in which businesses can compete with each other without being controlled by government
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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Free enterprise — may refer to:* Free enterprise system or Free enterprise economy , another term for capitalism * Free Enterprise , a film featuring William ShatnerThree important rights people have in the free enterprise system? … Wikipedia
free enterprise — ➔ enterprise * * * free enterprise UK US noun [U] ECONOMICS ► a system in which businesses compete with each other freely and without government involvement: »It is a political party that believes in limited government, free enterprise, and… … Financial and business terms
free-enterprise — adj. Of or pertaining to the {free enterprise} system having private ownership of the means of production and competition between enterprises. [prenominal] [Narrower terms: {capitalistic, capitalist}] {socialistic} Syn: competitive, private… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
free enterprise — n. 1. an economic system having predominantly private ownership of the means of production, and relying chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices, and having a minimum of governmental interference in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
free enterprise — free enterprising, adj. 1. an economic and political doctrine holding that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a freely competitive market through the relationship of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental intervention and… … Universalium
free enterprise — free′ en′terprise n. 1) bus the doctrine that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a competitive market on the basis of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental regulation 2) bus the practice of free enterprise • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang
free enterprise — n [U] the principle and practice of allowing private business to operate without much government control →↑private enterprise … Dictionary of contemporary English
free enterprise — ► NOUN ▪ an economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control … English terms dictionary
free enterprise — n. the economic doctrine or practice of permitting private industry to operate under freely competitive conditions with a minimum of governmental control … English World dictionary
free enterprise — Synonyms and related words: autarky, bimetallism, bourgeois, capitalism, capitalist, capitalistic system, economic self sufficiency, finance capitalism, free competition, free economy, free trade, free enterprise economy, free enterprise system,… … Moby Thesaurus
