Renationalise
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of renationalize. UK, alt-of, alternative
"An incoming Labour government could quite easily renationalise the railways without falling foul of EU rules. The accounting separation would have to remain, but essentially most of the major European nations have railways where both infrastructure and most of the operations are state-owned. It's just convenient to blame the EU."
Example
More examples"An incoming Labour government could quite easily renationalise the railways without falling foul of EU rules. The accounting separation would have to remain, but essentially most of the major European nations have railways where both infrastructure and most of the operations are state-owned. It's just convenient to blame the EU."
Etymology
From re- + nationalise.
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