reprivatization

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reprivatization

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From re- + privatization; coined as early as 1936. Possibly a calque of German Reprivatisierung (“reprivatization”).

noun reprivatizations · reprivatisation · re-privatisation · re-privatization

The process of, or an instance of, returning to private ownership. ‘Re-privatisation,’ as it is called, has, however, been under way in the cases of all three banks. Some 40 per cent of the G.D. Bank’s holding of Deutsche-Disconto shares had passed back into private hands by the end of 1935. The new advance of bank shares to above par ought to smooth the way for co

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noun returning to private ownership

Deutsch	Reprivatisierung

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@misc{reprivatization_2026,
  title = {reprivatization},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reprivatization},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}