HyperDic: privatization

English > 1 sense of the word *privatization*:
NOUN	act	privatization, denationalization, denationalisation, privatisation	changing something from state to private ownership or control

privatization > pronunciation
Sounds	pray'vahtahzey'shahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *privatization*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	changing something from state to private ownership or control.
Synonyms	denationalization, denationalisation, privatisation
Broader	social control	Control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
Opposite	nationalization, nationalisation, communization, communisation	changing something from private to state ownership or control
Spanish	desnacionalización, privatización
Catalan	desnacionalització, privatització
Verbs	privatize	change from governmental to private control or ownership