Phrase Hound found 230 phrases and 11 compound words that contain private. The most common are listed below. Open private in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 230
- private messageA message sent to another user of a social media or chat platform through a private channel as opposed to a publicly accessible area or chatroom.
- private sectorAll organizations in an economy or jurisdiction that are not controlled by government, including privately owned businesses and not-for-profit organizations.
- private propertyProperty to which individuals or corporations have certain exclusive property rights, but do not necessarily possess.
- private schoolAn educational institution that operates independently of government administration or public funding, typically financed through tuition, private donations, or endowments.
- private lifeThe aspects of one's life that are personal, such as family, friends and other personal relationships, as opposed to the elements that make up one's public or professional life.
- private keyThe unpublished key in asymmetric cryptography.
- private equityCapital stock in a private company that does not offer stock to the general public.
- private messagesplural of private message: A message sent to another user of a social media or chat platform through a private channel as opposed to a publicly accessible area or chatroom.
- private detectivePerson who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available
- private investigatorAn agent detective hired by a private party for the purpose of investigation or evidence gathering.
- private carA car (automobile) that is for personal use and owned privately.
- private partsThose parts of the human body commonly expected to be covered by clothing when in public; especially, the pubic area.
- private schoolsplural of private school: An educational institution that operates independently of government administration or public funding, typically financed through tuition, private donations, or endowments.
- private labelSynonym of own brand: A brand name that is associated with or owned by a place of business (often a supermarket, or other chain) that sells products under that name, usually for less money than other brands; in many cases the manufacturing …
- private lawThe area of law pertaining to the relationships between private persons (natural or legal persons including corporations), as opposed to relations between the state and private persons.
- private goodA good that is rivalrous and excludable.
- private languageUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, language.
- private stockA supply of something, especially alcoholic beverages, belonging to a person or a commercial establishment and of such quality that it is usually reserved for the owner or for favoured friends or customers.
- private enterpriseenterprise owned by private owners, investors or shareholders
- private sectorsplural of private sector: All organizations in an economy or jurisdiction that are not controlled by government, including privately owned businesses and not-for-profit organizations.
- Private companies
- Private Practice
- private creditAn aspect of the shadow banking system involving assets defined by non-bank lending where the debt is not issued or traded on the public markets, unlike corporate bonds and municipal bonds.
- private first classAn enlisted rank in the United States Army, of rank E-3, ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist.
- Private Company
Compound words 11
- privateerA privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo.
- unprivateNot private.
- privatismConcern with issues only insofar as they affect one as an individual; self-interest.
- privishingSmall-scale or unadvertised publication of a book, so that it is not easily available to the public.
- nonprivateNot private; public.
- privatopiaA private, generally gated, community of regulated and genteel appearance.
- privishTo publish a book only to have its distribution fully and intentionally cancelled.
- privateersplural of privateer: A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo.
- semiprivateMore private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients.
- privatenessThe quality or state of being private.