state enterprise

collocation in English

meaningsofstateandenterprise

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state
adjective[before noun]
uk
/steɪt/us
/steɪt/
provided, created, or done by the state (= government of ...
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enterprise
noun
uk
/ˈen.tə.praɪz/us
/ˈen.t̬ɚ.praɪz/
an organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that will ...
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(Definition ofstateandenterprisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstate enterprise

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At present coverage is concentrated instateenterpriseand only a minority of private sector workers are covered.
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The dominant actors controlling these properties have been (and in many countries remain)stateenterprisemanagers.
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To some extent, homes started by astateenterprisealso had help from their parent work unit in the form of start-up capital and buildings.
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Also, the benefits are inferior to those provided by the civil service andstateenterpriseretirement plans.
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Unions ofstateenterpriseworkers did aggressively oppose the privatisation of state-owned companies, but they failed to gain the support of the labour movement as a whole.
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Stateenterprisemanagers feared losing market share and money, and ministry officials feared losing power.
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However, we would all agree that some functions are better carried out bystateenterprisethan by private enterprise.
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Today we address ourselves to the question of franchising and whether thestateenterpriseshould be prohibited from putting down a benchmark on efficiency.
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It can not only carry through any problems but can also bring ideas, as we know only too well, whether one is talking about private industry or astateenterprise.
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In 1995, the privatisation of thestateenterprisebecame possible and a public limited company was founded.
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In 1998, it was reorganized from thestateenterpriseto private limited company.
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Thestateenterprisehad access to unlimited capital on which it paid no interest.
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Government saw the economic potential of airspace as astateenterprise.
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In addition, a retired worker from astateenterprisewill have a pension and often a relatively desirable apartment as well.
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Upon graduation, he worked for a rural commercialstateenterprise.
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They have purchased shares of privatized state enterprises and played a role in corporate governance.
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The industry is a government-ownedstateenterprise.
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It operates as astateenterprise.
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Finally, the draft law said that the state was the owner of state enterprises and that the labor collective was the lawful manager of astateenterprise.
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