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privatize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb privatize has 1 sense
- privatize(v = verb.change) privatise - change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized" is one way to denationalise, denationalize
Derived form noun privatization1
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
privatize, v.tr. (also -ise) make private, esp. assign (a business etc.) to private as distinct from State control or ownership; denationalize.
Derivative
privatization n.
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