plural of privation

plural of privy council

(obsolete) A private friend; a confidant.

(idiomatic) A private personal detective, employed to gather information about someone.

A limited liability company that is not a public corporation

(archaic) Secretly, in secret; in a private manner; privately.

The personal seal of a English or Scottish monarch. / A document to which such a seal is attached; specifically, a warrant demanding a loan. / The position of Keeper of the Privy Seal.

Of a corporation or other business, owned by a small number of people, and not having shares of ownership sold via a stock exchange or other public market.

The unpublished key in asymmetric cryptography.

(US) An enlisted rank in the United States Army, of rank E-3, ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist.