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nationalisation

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See nationalization, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Chiefly Brit. same as nationalization.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the action of forming or becoming a nation
  • noun changing something from private to state ownership or control
  • noun the action of rendering national in character

Etymologies

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national +‎ -isation

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Examples

  • Warning against what he described as the nationalisation of universities to address the problem, Wiechers said universities would have to find their own solutions.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • He added, “If nationalisation is what works, then we should do it.”

    Matthew Yglesias » Nationalizing in Order 2009

  • I'd also argue that nationalisation is a good way of ensuring that we aren't held to ransom by the doctors 'cartel.

    Health Care Madness, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • "A short-term nationalisation of the banking sector may well be both necessary and the right thing to do."

    Quote Of The Day Patrick Vessey 2008

  • "A short-term nationalisation of the banking sector may well be both necessary and the right thing to do."

    Archive 2008-10-01 Deft 2008

  • Africa's first democratic elections in April, the dreaded word nationalisation that once figured in the ANC agenda has barely been mentioned.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • However, the ANC had dropped the idea of nationalisation because of the negative reaction received from foreign countries.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • When Anglo American's chief executive, Cynthia Carroll, referred to nationalisation as "the road to ruin" and its proponents as "false prophets", she obtained the backing of the mines minister, Susan Shabangu.

    The Guardian World News Alex Duval Smith 2011

  • Showing page 1 of 1 comment pages, 4 total comments But Mandela renounced the idea of nationalisation later, realising that the country would not get overseas investment, which would be badly needed, should it be implemented.

    IOL: News 2010

  • Showing page 1 of 1 comment pages, 4 total comments But Mandela renounced the idea of nationalisation later, realising that the country would not get overseas investment, which would be badly needed, should it be implemented.

    IOL: News 2010

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