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Definition of Privatise
1. Verb. Change from governmental to private control or ownership. "The oil industry was privatized"
Category relationships: Industry, Manufacture, Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Generic synonyms: Denationalise, Denationalize
Derivative terms: Privatisation, Privatization
Definition of Privatise
1. Verb. (chiefly British spelling) (alternative spelling of (privatize)) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Privatise
1. [v -TISED, -TISING, -TISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Privatise
Literary usage of Privatise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. OECD Economic Surveys 2001-2002. by OECD Staff (2002)
"1n the new PSAL-11 negotiation with the World Bank, the government has committed
to privatise or liquidate those very large enterprises from the previous ..."
2. 50 Years of Transport Research: Experience Gained and Major Challenges Ahead by ECMT Publishing (2005)
"On the other end of the scale, we find failed attempts to privatise and/or ...
For example, in spite of successive attempts to privatise Olympic Airways, ..."
3. Oecd Economic Surveys by OECD. (2003)
"1n the new PSAL-ll negotiation with the World Bank, the government has committed
to privatise or liquidate those very large enterprises from the previous ..."
4. OECD Economic Surveys Brazil 2001 by OECD Staff, Oecd (2001)
"The programme was designed to re-structure and privatise state-level banks in
order to reduce the role of the public sector in the financial system. ..."
5. Energy Policies of IEA Countries by International Energy Agency (1998)
"Several of the main elements of the Government's structural policies in 1997 were
to privatise various public sector corporations, industrial conglomerates, ..."
6. Institutional Investors in the New Financial Landscape by H. J. Blommestein, Norbert Funke (1998)
"Stimulated by Chile's success, the movement to privatise pensions gained ...
In 1992, governments in Argentina and Peru proposed to privatise a large share ..."
7. Enhancing Sme Competitiveness: The OECD Bologna Ministerial Conference by Oecd (2001)
"Then the question is whether to retain the service within the support institution.
to privatise that particular service or to privatise the whole cluster ..."
8. Environmental Goods and Services: The Benefits of Further Global Trade by Rachel Thompson (2001)
"To accelerate the process, the govemment decided to privatise the solid waste
sector and in 1994 announced plans for a National Solid Waste Management ..."
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