Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
independent assortment
independent auditor
independent clause
independent counsel
independent goods
independent invention
independent means
independent school
independent sector
independent variable
indescribable
indestructible
indeterminable
indeterminacy
indeterminacy principle
indeterminate
indeterminate sentence
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

independent sector
in·de·pend·ent sec·tor


noun 
Definition:
 
sector neither privately nor publicly owned: nonprofit and charitable organizations collectively that are not affiliated with any government agency or commercial enterprise
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft