decentralizeverb [ I or T ]
UK usually decentralise uk/ˌdiːˈsen.trə.laɪz/us/ˌdiːˈsen.trə.laɪz/to move the control of an organization or government from a single place to several smaller ones:
We decentralized our operations last year and opened several regional offices.
Modern technology has made it easy for us to decentralize.
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Managing and organizing
- act
- administer
- administration
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- campaign
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- manage
- management
- mind the store idiom
- run the show idiom
- running
- shakedown
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
- stewardship
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decentralization
noun [ U ] UK usually decentralisation uk/ˌdiː.sen.trə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdiː.sen.trə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/
the decentralization of power