privatize

1. (British, English, Oxford, US)To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.

   privatisieren

   приватизи́роватьprivatizírovatʹ

   приватизува́тиpryvatyzuváty

   change from governmental to private control or ownership

2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope.

3. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive, uncommon)To render a thought or an idea, private in scope.

1. Algeria needs to privatize its economy.

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2. Algeria needs to partially privatize public enterprises.

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3. Algeria needs an ambitious program to privatize public utilities.

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4. A privatized rail company could close the most uneconomic routes.

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5. Algeria's state-owned companies that experience losses need to be privatized.

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