Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

privately held

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
pri-vate-ly held
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a corporation or other business, owned by a small number of people, and not having shares of ownership sold via a stock exchange or other public market.

Example Sentences

Phrases

family business family office private credit private equity S corporation

Frequently Paired Words

family business family office private credit private equity S corporation

Synonyms

closely held

Antonyms

publicly held

Questions

What does privately held mean?
Of a corporation or other business, owned by a small number of people, and not having shares of ownership sold via a stock exchange or other public market.

How to pronounce privately held

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