Privatize

Quick meaning: Privatize is a verb meaning (economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.

Meaning

(economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.

More Meanings

1. (computing, transitive) To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope.
2. (transitive, uncommon) To render a thought or an idea, private in scope.

Example Sentences

The neoliberal, privatizing version of health in which everyone is responsible for themselves, despite disparities in resources.

If the compiler allocates a privatized variable to a register, it must examine whether the variable is live after the termination of the while-loop.

Word Forms

• privatizes
• privatizing
• privatized
• privatise

Synonyms for privatize

Depending on context, synonyms include denationalize.

Antonyms for privatize

Common opposites include deprivatize, nationalize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include privatise, distort, maim, denationalize, deprivatize, reprivatize.

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