state-owned enterprise

noun

A commercial business wholly or partly owned and operated at a national level by a country or city state through its sovereign central government as the head and operator.

Similar
government business enterprisegovernment-owned and controlled corporationgovernment-owned corporationSOE
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Meanings

nounstate-owned enterprise (plural state-owned enterprises)

plural state-owned enterprises · alternative state owned enterprise

  1. A commercial business wholly or partly owned and operated at a national level by a country or city state through its sovereign central government as the head and operator.

    Synonyms: government business enterprise, government-owned and controlled corporation, government-owned corporation, SOE

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA commercial business wholly or partly owned and operated at a national level by a country or city state through its sovereign central government as the head and operator.

Similar
government business enterprisegovernment-owned and controlled corporationgovernment-owned corporationSOE
Also see
state enterprise

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 國有企業 /国有企业, 國營企業 /国营企业
  • 國有企業 /国有企业business
  • 國營企業 /国营企业 (guóyíng qǐyè)business
Dutch staatsbedrijf
  • staatsbedrijfbusiness
Finnish valtionyhtiö
  • valtionyhtiöbusiness
French entreprise publique
  • entreprise publiquebusiness
German Staatskonzern, Staatsunternehmen
  • Staatskonzernbusiness
  • Staatsunternehmenbusiness
Indonesian badan usaha milik negara, perusahaan negara
  • badan usaha milik negarabusiness
  • perusahaan negarabusiness
Japanese 公企業
  • 公企業business
Malay syarikat berkaitan kerajaan
  • syarikat berkaitan kerajaanbusiness
Polish przedsiębiorstwo państwowe
  • przedsiębiorstwo państwowebusiness
Russian госуда́рственное предприя́тие, госпредприя́тие
  • госуда́рственное предприя́тие (gosudárstvennoje predprijátije)business
  • госпредприя́тие (gospredprijátije)business
Spanish empresa pública, empresa estatal
  • empresa públicabusiness
  • empresa estatalbusiness
  • empresa nacionalbusiness
  • empresa de propiedad estatalbusiness
Thai รัฐวิสาหกิจ
  • รัฐวิสาหกิจ (rát-tà-wí-sǎa-hà-gìt)business
Ukrainian держа́вне підприє́мство, держпідприє́мство
  • держа́вне підприє́мство (deržávne pidpryjémstvo)business
  • держпідприє́мство (deržpidpryjémstvo)business
Vietnamese doanh nghiệp nhà nước
  • doanh nghiệp nhà nướcbusiness
Cite this entry
APA

state-owned enterprise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state-owned%20enterprise

MLA

“state-owned enterprise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state-owned%20enterprise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “state-owned enterprise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state-owned%20enterprise.

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