PRIVATIZE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • change from governmental to private control or ownership
   Synonym(s)
   • privatise (what does privatise mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The oil industry was privatized
   Hypernyms(s) privatize is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • denationalize (what does denationalize mean?)
   • denationalise (what does denationalise mean?)