private treaty | a sale of property at a price agreed on by the seller and buyer without an intervening agency |
private practice | the practice of a profession independently and not as an employee, he teaches at the medical school but his fortune came from private practice, lawyers in private practice are in business and must make a profit to survive |
brand-name drug proprietary drug | a drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent) |
driveway drive private road | a road leading up to a private house, they parked in the driveway |
private line | a telephone line serving a single subscriber |
sword blade brand steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
brand-newness | the property of being very new |
genitalia genital organ genitals private parts privates crotch | external sex organ |
private nuisance | a nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your land |
brand make | a recognizable kind, there's a new brand of hero in the movies now, what make of car is that? |
mark stigma brand stain | a symbol of disgrace or infamy, And the Lord set a mark upon Cain--Genesis |
brand | identification mark on skin, made by burning |
trade name brand name brand marque | a name given to a product or service |
security force private security force | a privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industry |
market economy free enterprise private enterprise laissez-faire economy | an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices |
closed corporation close corporation private corporation privately held corporation | a corporation owned by a few people, shares have no public market |
private foundation | a charity that does not receive a major part of its support from the public |
private school | a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition |
coach private instructor tutor | a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) |
private citizen | a citizen who does not hold any official or public position |
private buck private common soldier | an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines, our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value |
private detective PI private eye private investigator operative shamus sherlock | someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information |
personal property personal estate personalty private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate) |
brand firebrand | a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning |
post brand | mark or expose as infamous, She was branded a loose woman |
brand trademark brandmark | mark with a brand or trademark, when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price |
stigmatize stigmatise brand denounce mark | to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful, He denounced the government action, She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock |
brand | burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership, of animals |
competitive free-enterprise(a) private-enterprise(a) | subscribing to capitalistic competition |
secret private | not expressed, secret (or private) thoughts |
brand-new bran-new spic-and-span spick-and-span | conspicuously new, shiny brand-new shoes, a spick-and-span novelty |
individual(a) private | concerning one person exclusively, we all have individual cars, each room has a private bath |
private | concerning things deeply private and personal, private correspondence, private family matters |
private | confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy, a private place, private discussions, private lessons, a private club, a private secretary, private property, the former President is now a private citizen, public figures struggle to maintain a private life |
privately in private in camera | kept private or confined to those intimately concerned, it was discussed privately between the two men, privately, she thought differently, some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat, he was questioned in private |