privatize

ˈpraɪvətaɪz

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of privatize - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

government assets

transfer from public to private ownership

The government decided to privatize the railway system..

commercialize

denationalize

access control

make exclusive to a private group or individual

The club decided to privatize its membership process..

commercialize

monopolize

technology

TECH.

make a variable private in scope

TECH.

The programmer needed to privatize the variable for security.

encapsulate

limit

restrict

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Origin of privatize

Private (individual) + -ize (to make)

Terms with privatize included in their meaning

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hands off

intj.

political protest

stop any attempt to take over or privatize, used in protests or slogans

denationalize

privatize

transfer industry control from government to private hands

Examples of privatize in a sentence

The city council voted to privatize waste management.
They plan to privatize the beach.
The decision to privatize the park was controversial.
He had to privatize the function to avoid conflicts.
The update required her to privatize several variables.

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French:privatiser, rendre privé, ...
German:privatisieren, privat machen, ...
Italian:privatizzare, rendere privata, ...
Spanish:privatizar, ocultar, ...
Portuguese:privatizar, tornar privado, ...
Chinese:私有化, 专有化, ...
Japanese:民営化する, 専用化する, ...
Arabic:خَصْخَصَ, جَعَلَ خَاصًّا, ...
Hebrew:לְהַפְרִיט, לְהַגְדִּיר כְּפַרְטִי, ...
Russian:приватизировать, сделать частным, ...
Ukrainian:приватизувати, зробити приватною, ...
Hindi:निजीकरण करना, निजी करना, ...
Bengali:বেসরকারীকরণ করা, নির্দিষ্ট ব্যক্তি বা গোষ্ঠীর জন্য সীমিত করা, ...
Catalan:privatitzar, restringir, ...
Czech:privatizovat, omezit, ...
Danish:privatisere, afskærme, ...
Dutch:privatiseren, privé maken, ...
Greek:ιδιωτικοποιώ, κάνω ιδιωτικό, ...
Hungarian:privatizálni, kisajátítani, ...
Khmer:ធ្វើឯកជនភាវូបនីយកម្ម, ធ្វើឱ្យផ្តាច់មុខសម្រាប់ឯកជន, ...
Korean:민영화하다, 전용화하다, ...
Persian:خصوصی‌سازی کردن, اختصاصی کردن, ...
Polish:sprywatyzować, prywatyzować, ...
Portuguese (BR):privatizar, tornar privado, ...
Romanian:a privatiza, a face exclusiv, ...
Swedish:privatisera, göra privat, ...
Thai:แปรรูป, จำกัดสิทธิ์, ...
Turkish:özelleştirmek, özel yapmak, ...
Vietnamese:tư nhân hóa, làm thành riêng tư, ...

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