Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To change (an industry or business, for example) from governmental or public ownership or control to private enterprise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To release
government control of (a business orindustry ) toprivate industry. - verb computing, transitive To make (a
variable , etc.)private inscope .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb change from governmental to private control or ownership
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Examples
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They have even barred the use of the word privatize.
COMPLETING THE REVOLUTION ROBERT D. NOVAK 2000
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They have even barred the use of the word privatize.
COMPLETING THE REVOLUTION ROBERT D. NOVAK 2000
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They have even barred the use of the word privatize.
COMPLETING THE REVOLUTION ROBERT D. NOVAK 2000
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(In Politics Lost, it's worth noting, Mr. Klein puts the word privatize in quotation marks, as though it was another irrational fear of those crazy libs.)
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By September Joe was spending political capital trying to convince voters that he did not want to destroy social security, even though he previously had said that he wanted to "privatize" it, which is the same thing.
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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By September Joe was spending political capital trying to convince voters that he did not want to destroy social security, even though he previously had said that he wanted to "privatize" it, which is the same thing.
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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By September Joe was spending political capital trying to convince voters that he did not want to destroy social security, even though he previously had said that he wanted to "privatize" it, which is the same thing.
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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By September Joe was spending political capital trying to convince voters that he did not want to destroy social security, even though he previously had said that he wanted to "privatize" it, which is the same thing.
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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By September Joe was spending political capital trying to convince voters that he did not want to destroy social security, even though he previously had said that he wanted to "privatize" it, which is the same thing.
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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By September Joe was spending political capital trying to convince voters that he did not want to destroy social security, even though he previously had said that he wanted to "privatize" it, which is the same thing.
Donald Craig Mitchell: Daddy's Girl Versus Sarah's Boy: Alaskans Who Are Alaska Patriots Should Vote for Lisa, Alaskans Who Are National Patriots Should Vote Her Down Donald Craig Mitchell 2010
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