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private

[prahy-vit] / ˈpraɪ vɪt /


NOUN
lowest rank of person enlisted in armed service
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He has said the building will be "the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world" and will be paid for with money donated from private sources.

From BBC

Retail investors have become a prime focus on the alt industry and private credit has been one of the more popular product offerings.

From Barron's

Booted out of his royal Windsor lodgings, was slumming it on the king’s private estate in Norfolk.

From Los Angeles Times

In a further email dated 9 February 2011, Andrew seems to suggest Epstein invest in a private equity firm he had visited a week before.

From BBC

The solution is easy to state and hard to implement: unlock productive private investment to meet the demographic challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal