That is when a government takes ownership of a private business, often with the idea of selling it back to investors later.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

That concern with the state of one's soul he tells the jury has lead him not only to impoverish himself but to turn himself away from the public business from the things that concern the city to the pursuit of private virtue.

这种对灵魂状态的关心,如同他告诉陪审团,已经导致他不只精疲力尽,而且还使他从公共事务,即城邦所关心的事务,转向探寻个人的美德。

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Most important,the leaders of the new system would be chosen by the government-- not by private business.

VOA: special.2010.09.23

And I had a few companies then. But then a couple years ago, with the turn,now my business is like eighty percent corporate, twenty percent in-home private.

VOA: special.2011.02.28

Smith hoped this would prove his faith in the American private business system.

VOA: special.2011.02.10

in the past decade and a half. He also says more than half of all Americans working in the private sector are either employed by a small business or own one.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21