| private treaty | a sale of property at a price agreed on by the seller and buyer without an intervening agency |
| closed primary | a primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote, closed primaries strengthen party unity |
| 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 |
| closed-heart surgery | heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened) |
| limited war | a war whose objective is less than the unconditional defeat of the enemy |
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) |
closed circuit
loop | a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates |
closed loop
closed-loop system | a control system with a feedback loop that is active |
driveway
drive private road | a road leading up to a private house, they parked in the driveway |
express
limited | public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops, he caught the express to New York |
| private line | a telephone line serving a single subscriber |
steamship company
steamship line | a line responsible for the operation of a fleet of steamships |
genitalia
genital organ
genitals
private parts
privates
crotch | external sex organ |
pot
potbelly
bay window
corporation
tummy | slang for a paunch |
mystery
enigma
secret
closed book | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained, how it got out is a mystery, it remains one of nature's secrets |
| private nuisance | a nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your land |
closed interval
bounded interval | an interval that includes its endpoints |
| corporation law | that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing corporations |
| closed couplet | a rhymed couplet that forms a complete syntactic unit |
| limited edition | an edition that is restricted to a specific number of copies |
| company name | the name by which a corporation is identified |
executive session
closed session | a session (usually of a legislative body) that is closed to the public |
| broadcasting company | a company that manages tv or radio stations |
car company
auto company | a company that makes and sells automobiles |
dotom
dot com
dot com company | a company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com' |
drug company
pharmaceutical company
pharma | a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals |
| East India Company | an English company formed in to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia, in the th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in after the Indian Mutiny |
| electronics company | a company that makes and sells electronic instruments |
| film company | a company that makes, advertises, and distributes movies |
| food company | a company that processes and sells food |
| furniture company | a company that sells furniture |
| mining company | a company that owns and manages mines |
| shipping company | a company that provides shipping services |
| steel company | a company that makes and sells steel |
subsidiary company
subsidiary | a company that is completely controlled by another company |
| transportation company | a company providing transportation |
| trucking company | a company that ships goods or possessions by truck |
| company | an institution created to conduct business, he only invests in large well-established companies, he started the company in his garage |
corporation
corp | a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state |
consulting firm
consulting company | a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee |
publisher
publishing house
publishing firm
publishing company | a firm in the publishing business |
| oil company | a company that sells oil |
packaging company
packaging concern | a company that packages goods for sale or shipment or storage |
| pipeline company | a company that operates oil pipelines for the oil industry |
printing concern
printing business
printing company | a company that does commercial printing |
insurance company
insurance firm
insurer
insurance underwriter
underwriter | a financial institution that sells insurance |
investment company
investment trust
investment firm
fund | a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies |
mutual fund
mutual fund company
open-end fund
open-end investment company | a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares |
closed-end fund
closed-end investment company | a regulated investment company that issues a fixed number of shares which are listed on a stock market |
| face-amount certificate company | a regulated investment company that pays a stated amount to certificate holders on a stated maturity date |