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Free-enterprise   /fri-ˈɛntərprˌaɪz/   Listen
adjective
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). Antonym: socialistic.
Synonyms: competitive, private-enterprise(prenominal).






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Free-enterprise" Quotes from Famous Books



... has a free-enterprise economy and welcomes foreign investment. Exports feature textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber, jewelry, automobiles, computers and electrical appliances. Thailand has recovered from the 1997-98 Asian Financial ...
— The 2004 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... small size and limited natural resources, Liechtenstein has developed into a prosperous, highly industrialized, free-enterprise economy with a vital financial service sector and living standards on a par with its large European neighbors. The Liechtenstein economy is widely diversified with a large number of small businesses. ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States

... Republican women who warned her she would hurt the cause by association with such a radical group. The Populists were generally regarded as the party of social unrest, of a regulated economy, and unsound money, and they were looked upon with suspicion. To many they represented a threat to the American free-enterprise system, and they were blamed for the labor troubles which had flared up in the bloody Homestead strike in the steel mills of Pennsylvania and in the Pullman strike, defying the powerful railroads. Susan was never afraid to side with the underdog, and she could well understand ...
— Susan B. Anthony - Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian • Alma Lutz



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