corporatizev.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːp(ə)rətʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrp(ə)rəˌtaɪz/

Forms: 1900s– corporatise, 1900s– corporatize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: corporate adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < corporate adj. + -ize suffix.

Originally and chiefly U.S.

1. transitive. To make corporate by introducing or imposing the structures, practices, or values associated with a large business corporation sometimes implying reduction in individuality and originality; to commercialize. Also occasionally intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > business affairs > management methods or systems > adopt doctrines, methods, or management systems [verb (transitive)] > adopt other methods or systems

unitize1908

corporatize1910

functionalize1911

Taylorize1930

unitize1931

divisionalize1982

1910 Southern Practitioner Nov. 579 The Carnegie foundation has succeeded in corporatizing, capitalizing and consolidating the medical schools of our country.

1947 A. G. Gruchy Mod. Econ. Thought viii. 568 Businessmen have found it profitable to ‘corporatize’ economic activities. They have found it to their economic advantage to use the interlocking directorate, the multiple holding company, no-par and non-voting common stock, and many other corporate devices for centralizing the control of industrial assets.

1971 W. Domhoff in R. Buckhout Toward Social Change i. 35/3 Even agriculture is being corporatized at an amazing rate.

1998 Guardian 22 Oct. ii. 5/1 It wasn't just feminism that was being corporatised.

2003 I. MacDonald People's Music 207 Beats are regularised, chord-sequences standardised, stylistic and tonal qualities corporatised, lyrics increasingly generated by mere patterns of association.

2019 A. Ciafone Counter-Cola vii. 283 The larger project of neoliberal privatization of society as it assimilates or corporatizes spheres and activities that were once outside or even challengers to the corporation of capitalism broadly.

2. transitive. Business and Economics. To convert (a state-run company or organization) into an independent commercial company; to privatize.

ΚΠ

1986 Times 5 June 10 The government plans to ‘corporatize’ six of the big government trading departments.

1992 Economist 18 Apr. 61/3 It is happening again. China recently objected to a plan to ‘corporatise’ the government-owned broadcasting outfit, Radio Television Hong Kong, to insulate it from possible political meddling.

2003 A. Sparks Beyond Miracle vi. 122 Meanwhile, the attempt to merge television and radio is being abandoned and there is a new plan to ‘corporatize’ the SABC and split it into two entities, one to carry out the public broadcasting mandate and the other to be a commercial broadcaster.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	corporatize
释义	corporatizev. Brit. /ˈkɔːp(ə)rətʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈkɔrp(ə)rəˌtaɪz/ Forms: 1900s– corporatise, 1900s– corporatize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: corporate adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < corporate adj. + -ize suffix. Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. transitive. To make corporate by introducing or imposing the structures, practices, or values associated with a large business corporation sometimes implying reduction in individuality and originality; to commercialize. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > management methods or systems > adopt doctrines, methods, or management systems [verb (transitive)] > adopt other methods or systems unitize1908 corporatize1910 functionalize1911 Taylorize1930 unitize1931 divisionalize1982 1910 Southern Practitioner Nov. 579 The Carnegie foundation has succeeded in corporatizing, capitalizing and consolidating the medical schools of our country. 1947 A. G. Gruchy Mod. Econ. Thought viii. 568 Businessmen have found it profitable to ‘corporatize’ economic activities. They have found it to their economic advantage to use the interlocking directorate, the multiple holding company, no-par and non-voting common stock, and many other corporate devices for centralizing the control of industrial assets. 1971 W. Domhoff in R. Buckhout Toward Social Change i. 35/3 Even agriculture is being corporatized at an amazing rate. 1998 Guardian 22 Oct. ii. 5/1 It wasn't just feminism that was being corporatised. 2003 I. MacDonald People's Music 207 Beats are regularised, chord-sequences standardised, stylistic and tonal qualities corporatised, lyrics increasingly generated by mere patterns of association. 2019 A. Ciafone Counter-Cola vii. 283 The larger project of neoliberal privatization of society as it assimilates or corporatizes spheres and activities that were once outside or even challengers to the corporation of capitalism broadly. 2. transitive. Business and Economics. To convert (a state-run company or organization) into an independent commercial company; to privatize. ΚΠ 1986 Times 5 June 10 The government plans to ‘corporatize’ six of the big government trading departments. 1992 Economist 18 Apr. 61/3 It is happening again. China recently objected to a plan to ‘corporatise’ the government-owned broadcasting outfit, Radio Television Hong Kong, to insulate it from possible political meddling. 2003 A. Sparks Beyond Miracle vi. 122 Meanwhile, the attempt to merge television and radio is being abandoned and there is a new plan to ‘corporatize’ the SABC and split it into two entities, one to carry out the public broadcasting mandate and the other to be a commercial broadcaster. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < v.1910
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