Reprivatization
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The process of, or an instance of, returning to private ownership.
"‘Re-privatisation,’ as it is called, has, however, been under way in the cases of all three banks. Some 40 per cent of the G.D. Bank’s holding of Deutsche-Disconto shares had passed back into private hands by the end of 1935. The new advance of bank shares to above par ought to smooth the way for complete ‘re-privatisation.’"
Example
More examples"‘Re-privatisation,’ as it is called, has, however, been under way in the cases of all three banks. Some 40 per cent of the G.D. Bank’s holding of Deutsche-Disconto shares had passed back into private hands by the end of 1935. The new advance of bank shares to above par ought to smooth the way for complete ‘re-privatisation.’"
Etymology
From re- + privatization; coined as early as 1936. Possibly a calque of German Reprivatisierung (“reprivatization”).
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