Privately held company
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| - | The '''''Encyclopædia Britannica''''' is a general [[English language|English-language]] [[encyclopedia|encyclopaedia]] published by [[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]], a [[privately held company]]. The articles in the ''Britannica'' are aimed at educated adult readers, and written by a staff of about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 expert contributors. It is widely regarded as the most scholarly of encyclopaedias. | + | A '''privately held company''' or '''close corporation''' is a business [[company (law)|company]] owned either by [[non-governmental organizations]] or by a relatively small number of [[shareholder]]s or company members which does not offer or trade its company [[stock]] ([[shares]]) to the general public on the [[stock market]] exchanges, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned and traded or exchanged privately. More ambiguous terms for a privately held company are '''unquoted company''' and '''unlisted company'''. |
| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | * [[List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge]] | + | |
| - | * [[List of encyclopedias by language#English]] | + | |
| - | * [[List of historical encyclopedias]] | + | |
| - | * [[List of online encyclopedias]] | + | |
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A privately held company or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock (shares) to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned and traded or exchanged privately. More ambiguous terms for a privately held company are unquoted company and unlisted company.
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