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state-owned enterprise

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A commercial business wholly or partly owned and operated at a national level by a sovereign country or city state through its central government as the head and operator.

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22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 國有企業 /国有企业 — business
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國營企業 /国营企业 (guóyíng qǐyè) — business
  • Dutch: staatsbedrijf — business
  • Finnish: valtionyhtiö — business
  • French: entreprise publique — business
  • German: Staatskonzern — business
  • German: Staatsunternehmen — business
  • Indonesian: badan usaha milik negara — business
  • Indonesian: perusahaan negara — business
  • Japanese: 公企業 — business
  • Malay: syarikat berkaitan kerajaan — business
  • Polish: przedsiębiorstwo państwowe — business
  • Russian: госуда́рственное предприя́тие (gosudárstvennoje predprijátije) — business
  • Russian: госпредприя́тие (gospredprijátije) — business
  • Spanish: empresa pública — business
  • Spanish: empresa estatal — business
  • Spanish: empresa nacional — business
  • Spanish: empresa de propiedad estatal — business
  • Thai: รัฐวิสาหกิจ (rát-tà-wí-sǎa-hà-gìt) — business
  • Ukrainian: держа́вне підприє́мство (deržávne pidpryjémstvo) — business
  • Ukrainian: держпідприє́мство (deržpidpryjémstvo) — business
  • Vietnamese: doanh nghiệp nhà nước — business