1 [U] (of a profession) the fact of working on your own or in a small independent company rather than as an employee of the government or a large company:
Most solicitors in England and Wales are in private practice.
2 [U,C] (in Britain) the fact of providing medical care outside the National Health Service, which people must pay for; a place providing this care:
A large number of dentists have left the National Health Service to go into private practice. * They set up a private practice.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is private practice a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, private practice is tagged as noun.
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