privatize
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privatize
- /ˈpɹaɪvətaɪz/ US
verb privatizes · privatizing · privatized · privatise
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To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.
Similar: denationalize · Opposite: deprivatize, nationalize
- To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope. If the compiler allocates a privatized variable to a register, it must examine whether the variable is live after the termination of the while-loop.
- To render a thought or an idea, private in scope. The neoliberal, privatizing version of health in which everyone is responsible for themselves, despite disparities in resources.
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verb to release government control to private industry
| Español | privatizar, piñatizar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 민영화하다 minyeonghwahada |
| 日本語 | 私営化する shieika suru, 民営化する min'eika suru |
| 中文 | 私有化 sīyǒuhuà, 民營化 /民营化 mínyínghuà |
| Português | privatizar |
| Français | privatiser |
| Deutsch | privatisieren |
| Italiano | privatizzare |
| Ελληνικά | αποκρατικοποιώ apokratikopoió |
| Русский | приватизи́ровать privatizírovatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tư nhân hoá |
| العربية | خَصْخَصَ ḵaṣḵaṣa |
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title = {privatize},
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