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Noun: capitalist economy  'ka-pi-tu-l-ist i'kó-nu-mee
  1. An economic system based on private ownership of capital
    - capitalism

Derived forms: capitalist economies

Type of: free enterprise, laissez-faire economy, market economy, private enterprise

Encyclopedia: Capitalist economy