Usually means: Transfer of public assets privately.
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  1. privatisation: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. privatisation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. privatisation: Wiktionary
  6. privatisation: Dictionary.com
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  8. privatisation: FreeDictionary.org
  9. privatisation: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. privatisation: Finance-Glossary.com
  2. Privatisation: Financial dictionary
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▸ noun:  Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of privatization. [The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.]

Similar:
privatization, privatising, corporatisation, renationalisation, nationalisation, marketisation, denationalisation, privatizing, liberalisation, renationalization, more...

Opposite:
nationalization, collectivization, socialization

Phrases:
Privatisation of British Rail, Water privatisation in England and Wales, Impact of the privatisation of British Rail, Privatisation in Australia, Privatisation in Pakistan, more...

Adjectives:
partial, scale, full, further, rapid, mass, successful, complete, wholesale, spontaneous, more

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Similar:
privatization, privatising, corporatisation, renationalisation, nationalisation, marketisation, denationalisation, privatizing, liberalisation, renationalization, more...

Opposite:
nationalization, collectivization, socialization

Phrases:
Privatisation of British Rail, Water privatisation in England and Wales, Impact of the privatisation of British Rail, Privatisation in Australia, Privatisation in Pakistan, more...

Adjectives:
partial, scale, full, further, rapid, mass, successful, complete, wholesale, spontaneous, more

Colors:
    gray,     blue,     green,     red,     black, more...



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