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private sector

noun as in for-profit businesses

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The public sector’s deficit equals the private sector’s surplus.

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A £1.5m report into the feasibility of Grangemouth becoming a low-carbon energy hub, known as Project Willow came up with nine ideas that could be developed with private sector investment.

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"We mobilized civil society, academia, the private sector, indigenous peoples, and social movements, making COP30 the COP with the second-highest participation in history."

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They called for more transparency from lenders, including in the private sector, and backed a review of the International Monetary Fund as well as work to establish global minimum taxes.

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But it did not say if this should come from governments of richer nations or from other sources, like the private sector.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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