(BrE also privatise) verb
[VN] to sell a business or an industry so that it is no longer owned by the government
SYNDENATIONALIZE:
Air traffic control has been privatized.
OPPNATIONALIZE
privatization, privatisation noun [U]:
There were fears that privatization would lead to job losses.
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