Meanings
- uncountableAn economic system of business governed by the laws of supply and demand with minimal government interference, regulation, or subsidy.
Synonyms: capitalism, free market
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn economic system of business governed by the laws of supply and demand with minimal government interference, regulation, or subsidy.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan empresa lliure
- empresa lliureeconomic system
Chinese Mandarin 自由企業 /自由企业
- 自由企業 /自由企业 (zìyóu qǐyè)economic system
Dutch vrij ondernemerschap
- vrij ondernemerschapeconomic system
Finnish vapaa yrittäjyys
- vapaa yrittäjyyseconomic system
French libre entreprise
- libre entrepriseeconomic system
German freie Marktwirtschaft
- freie Marktwirtschafteconomic system
Polish wolna przedsiębiorczość
- wolna przedsiębiorczośćeconomic system
Cite this entry
free enterprise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20enterprise
“free enterprise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20enterprise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “free enterprise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20enterprise.
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