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Privatize

//ˈpɹaɪvətaɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry. British, English, Oxford, US
  2. 2
    change from governmental to private control or ownership wordnet
  3. 3
    To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive

    "If the compiler allocates a privatized variable to a register, it must examine whether the variable is live after the termination of the while-loop."

  4. 4
    To render a thought or an idea, private in scope. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive, uncommon

    "The neoliberal, privatizing version of health in which everyone is responsible for themselves, despite disparities in resources."

Etymology

From private + -ize.

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