transcription, транскрипция: [ di:næʃənəlaɪz ]
( denationalizes, denationalizing, denationalized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'denationalise'
To denationalize an industry or business means to transfer it into private ownership so that it is no longer owned and controlled by the state. ( OLD-FASHIONED BUSINESS )
The government started to denationalize financial institutions...
= privatize
≠ nationalize
VERB : V n
• de‧na‧tion‧ali‧za‧tion
...the denationalisation of industry.
= privatization
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