privatize
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.
Origin of privatize
1- Also especially British, pri·va·tise .
Other words from privatize
- pri·va·ti·za·tion, noun
Words Nearby privatize
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How to use privatize in a sentence
Prime minister Abiy Ahmed’s plans to privatize the telecommunications industry have been a stop-start process since he first announced in 2018 that he would be inviting in competitors.
The World Bank wants greater competition in Ethiopia’s telecom sector plans | Samuel Getachew | February 23, 2021 | QuartzYou only have to look at what Florida, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, New Hampshire, Kansas and some other states are now doing to see that her agenda to privatize public education is alive and thriving.
Betsy DeVos is gone — but ‘DeVosism’ sure isn’t. Look at what Florida, New Hampshire and other states are doing. | Valerie Strauss | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostIn 2013, she co-founded an advocacy group called the Network for Public Education, a coalition of organizations that oppose privatizing public education and high-stakes standardized testing.
What you need to know about standardized testing | Valerie Strauss | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostGore wanted to privatize more of those services, which could have meant job losses at the county.
What Republicans Say They’ll Do if They Keep Control of the Board of Supervisors | Jesse Marx | October 20, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoFrom 2008 to 2017, the Gianforte Family Foundation donated a total of $19,000 to the Heritage Foundation, which supports privatizing public land and works to spread climate-change denial.
This runs in stark contrast to the temptation to privatize every resource and turn it into a profitable market.
12 Ways Catholicism is More Radical Than Pope Francis | Nathan Schneider | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“privatize” rabbinic courts: “denude” them of legal powers and government budgets.
A Divorce Made in Heaven: Don’t Reform Israel’s State Rabbinate. Shut It Down. | Gershom Gorenberg | December 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAll you have to do is sign the Ryan budget into law and privatize Medicare.
Forget about the Second Amendment—the gun lobby, abetted by timorous Republicans, is trying to privatize law and order.
Pro-Gun Absolutism: The Gun Lobby’s Push to Privatize Law and Order | Will Marshall | April 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTGeorge W. Bush claimed a mandate after 2004, and then promptly saw Democrats decimate his proposal to privatize Social Security.
Tea-Fueled Republican Resistance Compels Barack Obama To Keep Running | Robert Shrum | March 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for privatize
privatise
/ (ˈpraɪvɪˌtaɪz) /
(tr) to transfer (the production of goods or services) from the public sector of an economy into private ownership and operation
Derived forms of privatize
- privatization or privatisation, noun
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