privatize

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, privatise [ˈpraɪvɪˌtaɪz]

vb

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to transfer (the production of goods or services) from the public sector of an economy into private ownership and operation

privatization , privatisation 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 [ˈpraɪvətaɪz] VT → privatizar

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privatize [ˈpraɪvətaɪz] privatise (British) vt → privatiser
to be privatized [industry, service] → être privatisé(e)

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privatize

vt → privatisieren

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privatize [ˈpraɪvɪˌtaɪz‘] vt → privatizzare

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privatize → يُخصِص zprivatizovat privatisere privatisieren ιδιωτικοποιώ privatizar yksityistää privatiser privatizirati privatizzare 民営化する 민영화하다 privatiseren privatisere sprywatyzować privatizar приватизировать privatisera การแปรรูปหน่วยราชการและรัฐวิสาหกิจเป็นให้เป็นเอกชน özelleştirmek tư nhân hóa 私有化