privatize (redirected from privatising)

pri·va·tize  (prv-tz)

tr.v. pri·va·tized, pri·va·tiz·ing, pri·va·tiz·es

To change (an industry or business, for example) from governmental or public ownership or control to private enterprise: "The strike ... was called to protest the ... government's plans to break up and privatize the deficit-ridden national railway system" (Christian Science Monitor).

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priva·ti·zation (-t-zshn) n.

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privatize or -ise

Verb

[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised to sell (a state-owned company) to individuals or a private company

privatization
-isation n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

privatize - change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized" privatise manufacture, industry - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" denationalise, denationalize - put under private control or ownership; "The steel industry was denationalized"

Translations

privatize [ˈpraɪvɪtaɪz] vt → privatizar

privatize [ˈpraɪvɪtaɪz] vt → privatiser

privatize [ˈpraɪvɪtaɪz] private vt → privatisieren

privatize [ˈpraɪvɪtaɪz] vt → privatizzare