privatization

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable) The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncommon, uncountable) The rendering of a thought or an idea, as private in scope.

Sinonieme

privatisation

denationalization

denationalisation

privatizing

privatisation

Vertalings

privatisation

privatización

privatizzazione

privatização

Privatisierung

ιδιωτικοποίηση

denazionalizzazione

privatisering

privatizacion

خصخصة

Privatisation

privatització

desestatização

Etimologie (Engels)

Calque of German Privatisierung (with English -ation), derived from Latin prīvātus (“apart from the state; private”), with reference to post-First World War German economic principles. Popularized by Sidney Merlin in 1943, who was aware of the term reprivatization (used in similar contexts), already attested at the time.

Sinne

These stations were transferred to Hearst Television shortly after its privatization .

It remained part of Rolls Royce though nationalization and subsequent privatization again .