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free enterprise
[ free en-ter-prahyz ]
noun
- 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 regulation.
- the practice of free enterprise in an economy, or the right to practice it.
free enterprise
noun
- an economic system in which commercial organizations compete for profit with little state control
free enterprise
- The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal governmental regulation .
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of free enterprise1
Idioms and Phrases
Also, private enterprise . An undertaking on one's own behalf, especially a shady or illegal one. For example, The city treasurer didn't bother with competitive bids; the spirit of free enterprise just led him to his brother-in-law , or The sergeant indulged in a little private enterprise, selling cigarettes on the black market . This sarcastic application of a term that has meant, since about 1885, the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with a minimum of government control, dates from the mid-1900s.Compare Meanings
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Example Sentences
He cited the president's fixation on tariffs and "constrictions on free enterprise, price controls, trade barriers and whatnot 鈥 cartelization of the economy, many very bad things."
As he tended to his race horses, he spoke of the political and social attitudes of free enterprise and small government that are shared by Albertans and many Americans.
Richardson鈥檚 biggest supporters were businesses, including PACs funded by oil companies, and law enforcement associations that said they advocated for candidates who shared their beliefs on free enterprise and public safety.
In announcing Cameron鈥檚 hiring, its founder, Nathan Estruth, said: 鈥淚 simply cannot imagine a more capable and qualified chief executive to help us safeguard free exercise, free speech and free enterprise.鈥
鈥淎nd in 2010, Chief Justice Roberts explained in free enterprise that people don鈥檛 vote for officers of the United States.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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