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in private in the view or presence only of the person or people concerned.
private debt within a country or locality, the total amount of money owed to creditors by individuals, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations.
private detective a person whose job is to investigate criminal or secret activity at the request of paying clients.
private enterprise an economic system subject to limited government regulation in which the means of production are privately owned; free enterprise.
private eye (informal) a private detective.
private first class a soldier in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps ranking below a corporal and above a private.
private investigator a person whose job is to investigate criminal or secret activity at the request of paying clients; private detective.