HyperDic: privatize

English > 1 sense of the word privatize:
VERBchangeprivatize, privatisechange from governmental to private control or ownership
privatize > pronunciation
Soundsprih'vahtay.z
Rhymesactualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz...
English > privatize: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaningchange from governmental to private control or ownership.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Example"The oil industry was privatized"
Synonymprivatise
Categorycommercial enterprise, business enterprise, businessThe activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
industry, manufactureThe organized action of making of goods and services for sale
Broaderdenationalize, denationaliseput under private control or ownership
Spanishprivatizar
Catalanprivatitzar
Nounsprivatizationchanging something from state to private ownership or control

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