privatize (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *privatize*:
VERB	change	privatize, privatise	change from governmental to private control or ownership

privatize > pronunciation
Sounds	prih'vahtay.z
Rhymes	actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz...

English > *privatize*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	change from governmental to private control or ownership.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"The oil industry was privatized"
Synonym	privatise
Category	commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business	The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
Category	industry, manufacture	The organized action of making of goods and services for sale
Broader	denationalize, denationalise	put under private control or ownership
Spanish	privatizar
Catalan	privatitzar
Nouns	privatization	changing something from state to private ownership or control

HyperDic: privatize