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privatize
/ˈpɹaɪvətaɪz/
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What does privatize mean?
verb
- To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.
- To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope.
- To render a thought or an idea, private in scope.
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/ˈpɹaɪvətaɪz/
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However, the industrial sector remains burdened by uncompetitive state-owned enterprises the government is unwilling or unable to privatize.
Meanwhile, industrial production stagnates, burdened by uncompetitive state-owned enterprises the government is unwilling or unable to privatize.
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The government has passed bills to privatize large state-owned enterprises and reform the banking system.
Almost all agriculture and small-scale industry is in private hands, and the government seeks to privatize a portion of the large-scale industrial enterprises now publicly owned.