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单词 privatize
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privatize

(praɪvətaɪz)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense privatizes, present participle privatizing, past tense, past participle privatizedregional note: in BRIT, also use privatise
verb
If a company, industry, or service that is owned by the state is privatized, the government sells it and makes it a private company.
[business]
The water boards are about to be privatized. [be VERB-ed]
...a pledge to privatise the rail and coal industries. [VERB noun]
...the newly privatized FM radio stations. [VERB-ed]
privatization (praɪvətaɪzeɪʃən)Word forms: plural privatizations variable noun
...the privatisation of British Rail. [+ of]
...fresh rules governing the conduct of future privatizations.

privatize in British English

or privatise (ˈpraɪvɪˌtaɪz)
verb
(transitive)
to transfer (the production of goods or services) from the public sector of an economy into private ownership and operation
Derived forms
privatization (ˌprivatiˈzation) or privatisation (ˌprivatiˈsation)
noun

privatize in American English

(ˈpraɪvəˌtaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈprivaˌtized or ˈprivaˌtizing
to make or hold private; specif., to turn over (a public property, service, etc.) to private interests
Derived forms
privatization (ˌprivatiˈzation)
noun

Examples of 'privatize' in a sentence
privatize

She had put up a blanket to privatize her sleepingaccommodations, not that it did much good.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2001)
And now this move to privatize prisons was sure to usurp whatever power she had remaining.
Olivia Goldsmith INSIDERS (2001)

In other languages
privatize

British English: privatize /ˈpraɪvɪˌtaɪz/ VERB
If an organization that is owned by the state is privatized, the government sells it to one or more private companies.
Many state-owned companies were privatized.
  • American English: privatize
  • Arabic: يُخَصِّصُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: privatizar
  • Chinese: 私有化
  • Croatian: privatizirati
  • Czech: privatizovat
  • Danish: privatisere
  • Dutch: privatiseren
  • European Spanish: privatizar
  • Finnish: yksityistää
  • French: privatiser
  • German: privatisieren
  • Greek: ιδιωτικοποιώ
  • Italian: privatizzare
  • Japanese: 民営化する
  • Korean: 민영화하다
  • Norwegian: privatisere
  • Polish: sprywatyzować
  • European Portuguese: privatizar
  • Romanian: a privatiza
  • Russian: приватизировать
  • Latin American Spanish: privatizar
  • Swedish: privatisera
  • Thai: การแปรรูปหน่วยราชการและรัฐวิสาหกิจให้เป็นเอกชน
  • Turkish: özelleştirmek
  • Ukrainian: приватизувати
  • Vietnamese: tư nhân hóa

Chinese translation of 'privatize'

privatize

(ˈpraɪvɪtaɪz)

vt

  1. [company, industry] 使私有化 (shǐ sīyǒuhuà)
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