private corporation

Noun

Meaning

a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

privately held corporation close corporation closed corporation

Hypernyms

corporation corp

Hyponyms

family business

Examples

If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds. Garet Garrett

I think it's a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown. Joe Barton

Close letter words and terms

private contractor private conversation private conversation in bed private cost private council private dancer