state-owned enterprises

A form of state-owned enterprise — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of state-owned enterprise
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state-owned enterprises. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state-owned%20enterprises

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“state-owned enterprises.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state-owned%20enterprises. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “state-owned enterprises,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state-owned%20enterprises.

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