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  • noun Plural form of privatiser.

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Examples

  • In the "make solvent" sentence, I am accepting (for the sake of argument) the contention of privatisers that there is both a "problem of social security insolvency" and a "transition problem for funded accounts", and pointing out, rather stylishly, that they are the same problem, so any solution to one is a solution to the other.

    IRA's to the Rescue?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • 'When we go to other countries to talk about our reality, they see us as privatisers, but our fight today is to recover water resources (as a public good), and then to return the companies to the government so that the users pay a fair price and the profits are reinvested in Chile.

    Global Issues News Headlines 2010

  • 'When we go to other countries to talk about our reality, they see us as privatisers, but our fight today is to recover water resources (as a public good), and then to return the companies to the government so that the users pay a fair price and the profits are reinvested in Chile.

    Global Issues News Headlines 2010

  • This deal has the Greens potentially taking votes from Labour, but more importantly makes it harder for Labour to portray National as mad right wing privatisers.

    National Business Review (NBR) New Zealand 2009

  • This deal has the Greens potentially taking votes from Labour, but more importantly makes it harder for Labour to portray National as mad right wing privatisers.

    National Business Review (NBR) New Zealand 2009

  • "Where is the 'transparency' in appointing known water privatisers to such pivotal positions?

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • "When we go to other countries to talk about our reality, they see us as privatisers, but our fight today is to recover water resources (as a public good), and then to return the companies to the government so that the users pay a fair price and the profits are reinvested in Chile.

    EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed 2010

  • "When we go to other countries to talk about our reality, they see us as privatisers, but our fight today is to recover water resources (as a public good), and then to return the companies to the government so that the users pay a fair price and the profits are reinvested in Chile.

    Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2010

  • "When we go to other countries to talk about our reality, they see us as privatisers, but our fight today is to recover water resources (as a public good), and then to return the companies to the government so that the users pay a fair price and the profits are reinvested in Chile.

    Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2010

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