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privatize
[ prahy-vuh-tahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise:
a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- to make exclusive; delimit or appropriate:
special-interest groups attempting to privatize social issues.
privatize
/ ˈ±è°ù²¹Éª±¹ÉªËŒ³Ù²¹Éª³ú /
verb
- tr to transfer (the production of goods or services) from the public sector of an economy into private ownership and operation
Derived Forms
- ËŒ±è°ù¾±±¹²¹³Ù¾±Ëˆ³ú²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è°ù¾±î€…v²¹Â·³Ù¾±Â·³ú²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of privatize1
Example Sentences
The 50-year shift away from robust public sector employment has already privatized a lot of U.S. employment.
They were united by fears that the spectacular coast was in danger of becoming overdeveloped, heavily industrialized, ecologically diminished and irreversibly privatized.
Political opposition, as it happens, resulted in the death of George W. Bush’s push to privatize Social Security in 2005.
Popular culture traps us in the privatized universe of celebrity culture, urging us to define ourselves through the often empty and trivialized and highly individualized interests of celebrities.
"Basically, it’s a privatized sanctions regime that lets bureaucrats do to American citizens the same thing that we do to Iran: kick you out of the financial system," Andreessen said.
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