Private or privates may refer to:
Music
* "
In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation''
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Private (band), a Denmark-based band
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"Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorded by Ringo Sheena
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"Private" (Vera Blue song), from the 2017 album ''Perennial''
Literature
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''Private'' (novel), 2010 novel by James Patterson
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''Private'' (novel series), young-adult book series launched in 2006
Film and television
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''Private'' (film), 2004 Italian film
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''Private'' (web series), 2009 web series based on the novel series
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''Privates'' (TV series), 2013 BBC One TV series
* Private, a penguin character in ''
Madagascar
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Other uses
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Private (rank)
A private is a soldier, usually with the lowest rank in many armies. Soldiers with the rank of Private may be conscripts or they may be professional (career) soldiers.
The term derives from the medieval term "private soldiers" (a term still us ...
, a military rank
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''Privates'' (video game), 2010 video game
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Private (rocket), American multistage rocket
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Private Media Group, Swedish adult entertainment production and distribution company
* ''
Private (magazine)'', flagship magazine of the Private Media Group
* Privates, or
Intimate parts, a euphemism for human genitals
See also
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Privacy (disambiguation)
* Private methods, a means of
encapsulation in object-oriented programming
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Private school
Private or privates may refer to:
Music
* " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation''
* Private (band), a Denmark-based band
* "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ...
*
Private university
Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grants. Dep ...
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Privately held company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is ...
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Private sector
The private sector is the part of the economy, sometimes referred to as the citizen sector, which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government.
Employment
The ...
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Privatization
Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...
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