[ˈprʌɪvɪt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only
(e.g: all bedrooms have private facilities)

- (of a person) having no official or public role or position
(e.g: the paintings were sold to a private collector)

- (of a service or industry) provided or owned by an individual or an independent, commercial company rather than the state
(e.g: this research was carried out by private industry)


Phrases:
- in private

Origin:
late Middle English (originally denoting a person not acting in an official capacity): from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’

[ˈprʌɪvɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the lowest rank in the army, below lance corporal or private first class



Phrases:
- in private

Origin:
late Middle English (originally denoting a person not acting in an official capacity): from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’