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privately held

privately held adjective: of a corporation or other business, owned by a small number of people, and not having shares of ownership sold via a stock exchange or other public market.

Adjective

privately held (not comparable)

  1. Of a corporation or other business, owned by a small number of people, and not having shares of ownership sold via a stock exchange or other public market.
    • Near-synonym: closely held (sometimes hyponymous)
    Synonyms:
    closely held
    Antonyms:
    publicly held

Synonyms of privately held

Antonyms

Questions about privately held

What does privately held mean?
Privately held means of a corporation or other business, owned by a small number of people, and not having shares of ownership sold via a stock exchange or other public market.
What part of speech is privately held?
Privately held is an adjective.

Words near privately held in the dictionary

  1. privateerings
  2. privateers
  3. privateersman
  4. privateersmen
  5. privately
  6. privately held
  7. privateness
  8. privatenesses
  9. privater
  10. privates
  11. privates first class

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