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closed-captioned
closed circuit
closed-circuit television
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closed corporation
closed couplet
closed-door
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closely held corporation
close·ly held cor·po·ra·tion (plural close·ly held cor·po·ra·tions)


noun 
Definition:
 
publicly business owned by few: a public corporation where five or fewer people together own more than half the shares
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