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privatizepri‧vat‧ize (also privatise British English) /ˈpraɪvətaɪz/ verb [transitive]  VERB TABLEprivatize |
| Present | I, you, we, they | privatize | | he, she, it | privatizes | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | privatized | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have privatized | | he, she, it | has privatized | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had privatized | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will privatize | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have privatized |
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| Present | I | am privatizing | | he, she, it | is privatizing | | you, we, they | are privatizing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was privatizing | | you, we, they | were privatizing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been privatizing | | he, she, it | has been privatizing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been privatizing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be privatizing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been privatizing |
- Employees of the Strathtay bus company, which has been privatized, are concerned that drivers are about to be made redundant.
- Hungary has been very keen to privatize its major industries, following the democratic reforms of 1988.
- The company was privatized by the government in 1987.
- Another proposal suggests privatizing some aspects of local prisons.
- Boris Yeltsin and his team wanted to privatize land after toppling the Soviet system.
- Chiluba pledged to reduce spending on the security forces and to privatize loss-making parastatal organizations.
- Gazing into our crystal ball, we see Scott breaking her campaign promise to not privatize Tucson Water.
- It has suggested privatizing Snecma, which makes aeroengines.
- Over the years, he cut costs by privatizing a big portion of each service.
- Third, it is time to privatize Pemex, the inefficient state oil company.
to make a public company or organization private► privatize if a government privatizes a government-controlled industry, service, or company, it sells it to private owners, who then manage it for their own profit: · Hungary has been very keen to privatize its major industries, following the democratic reforms of 1988.· Employees of the Strathtay bus company, which has been privatized, are concerned that drivers are about to be made redundant. ► Basicsadmin, nounadministration, nounadministrative, adjectiveadministrator, nounagency, nounagent, nounbalance sheet, nounbazaar, nounbid, nounbid, verbbig business, nounbook value, nounboss, nounbottom line, nounbranch, nouncapacity, nouncapital, nouncapital assets, nouncapital gains, nouncapital goods, nouncapital-intensive, adjectivecapitalist, nouncard, nouncentralize, verbcompetitiveness, nounconsultancy, nouncontract, nouncontract, verbcost-effective, adjectivecoupon, nouncritical path, noundecentralize, verbdeveloper, noundistiller, noundistributor, noundiversify, verbdownsize, verbeconomics, nounenterprise, nounentrepreneur, nounestablishment, nounfashion, nounfly-by-night, adjectivefold, verbfoodstuff, nounform letter, nounfranchise, verbfranchisee, noungazump, verbgearing, noungeneric, adjectiveget, verbhard sell, nounhaute couture, nounhigh season, nounhigh technology, nounhike, nounhike, verbloss, nounlow-tech, adjectivemaximize, verbMD, nounmerchandise, verbmerchandising, nounmerger, nounmiddleman, nounmiller, nounmission statement, nounmom-and-pop, adjectivemoneygrabbing, adjectivemoneymaker, noun-monger, suffixmonopolistic, adjectivemonopoly, nounnet, adjectivenet, verbniche, nounoff-the-peg, adjectiveopening time, nounoperation, nounoperational, adjectiveoperator, nounoption, nounoutlay, nounoutlet, nounoutput, nounoutwork, nounoverhead, nounoverstock, verbpackage, nounpartner, nounpartnership, nounpatent, nounpayola, nounpercentage, nounpiracy, nounpremium, nounprivate practice, nounprivatization, nounprivatize, verbprofitability, nounproprietor, nounproprietress, nounpurchase price, nounpurchasing power, nounquiet, adjectiveR & D, nounrate of return, nounrecall, verbreject, nounrep, nounresearch and development, nounrestrictive practices, nounrevenue, nounsell, verbservice industry, nounsleeping partner, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivestreet value, nounsubtotal, nounswap meet, nounsweatshop, nounsyndicate, nounsystems analyst, nountake, nountender, nountie-up, nounTM, transact, verbtransaction, nounturnover, nounundersell, verbuneconomic, adjectiveunit, noununprofitable, adjectivevideo conferencing, nounwatchdog, nounwheeler-dealer, nounwheeling and dealing, noun ► privatize an industry (=make it privately owned, rather than owned by the state)· The water industry was privatized in the 1980s. NOUN► plan· During his budget speech Acharya also announced plans to privatize much of the business sector. ► water· Gazing into our crystal ball, we see Scott breaking her campaign promise to not privatize Tucson Water.· In the near future, Tucson voters will be asked to decide whether to privatize Tucson Water. nounprivacyprivateprivatizationadjectiveprivateverbprivatizeadverbprivately if a government privatizes an organization, industry, or service that it owns or controls, it sells it → nationalize |