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PRIVATISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does privatisation mean?
• PRIVATISATION (noun)
The noun PRIVATISATION has 1 sense:
1. changing something from state to private ownership or control
Familiarity information: PRIVATISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Changing something from state to private ownership or control
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
denationalisation; denationalization; privatisation; privatization
Hypernyms ("privatisation" is a kind of...):
social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)
Derivation:
privatise (change from governmental to private control or ownership)
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