PRIVATIZE

privatize, privatise

(verb) change from governmental to private control or ownership; “The oil industry was privatized”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

privatize (third-person singular simple present privatizes, present participle privatizing, simple past and past participle privatized)

(economics) To release government control of (a business or industry) to private industry.

(computing, transitive) To make (a variable, etc.) private in scope.

Synonyms

• denationalize

Antonyms

• nationalize

Source: Wiktionary



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