(~s, privatizing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: in BRIT, also use 'privatise'
If a company, industry, or service that is owned by the state is ~d, the government sells it and makes it a private company. (BUSINESS)
The water boards are about to be ~d.
...a pledge to privatise the rail and coal industries.
...the newly ~d FM radio stations.
? nationalize
VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ed
privatization (privatizations)
...the privatisation of British Rail.
...fresh rules governing the conduct of future privatizations.
? nationalization
N-VAR: oft N of n