The government has now abandoned its plans to privatize parts of the health service.
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Privatize
//ˈpɹaɪvətaɪz//
Synonyms for "privatize" (3 found)
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Verb(1 words)
Related words (1)
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36 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خَصْخَصَ verb (to release government control to private industry)
Armenian
1 entries- սեփականաշնորհել verb (to release government control to private industry)
Asturian
1 entries- privatizar verb (to release government control to private industry)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- özəlləşdirmək verb (to release government control to private industry)
Belarusian
1 entries- прыватызава́ць verb (to release government control to private industry)
Bulgarian
1 entries- приватизи́рам verb (to release government control to private industry)
Catalan
1 entries- privatitzar verb (to release government control to private industry)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 民營化 /民营化 verb (to release government control to private industry)
- 私有化 verb (to release government control to private industry)
Czech
1 entries- privatizovat verb (to release government control to private industry)
Dutch
1 entries- privatiseren verb (to release government control to private industry)
Esperanto
1 entries- privatigi verb (to release government control to private industry)
Finnish
1 entries- yksityistää verb (to release government control to private industry)
French
1 entries- privatiser verb (to release government control to private industry)
Galician
1 entries- privatizar verb (to release government control to private industry)
German
1 entries- privatisieren verb (to release government control to private industry)
Greek
1 entries- αποκρατικοποιώ verb (to release government control to private industry)
Hungarian
2 entries- magánosít verb (to release government control to private industry)
- privatizál verb (to release government control to private industry)
Italian
1 entries- privatizzare verb (to release government control to private industry)
Japanese
2 entries- 民営化する verb (to release government control to private industry)
- 私営化する verb (to release government control to private industry)
Korean
1 entries- 민영화하다 verb (to release government control to private industry)
Macedonian
1 entries- приватизи́ра verb (to release government control to private industry)
Occitan
1 entries- privatizar verb (to release government control to private industry)
Polish
1 entries- prywatyzować verb (to release government control to private industry)
Portuguese
1 entries- privatizar verb (to release government control to private industry)
Russian
1 entries- приватизи́ровать verb (to release government control to private industry)
Slovak
2 entries- privatizovať verb (to release government control to private industry)
- sprivatizovať verb (to release government control to private industry)
Spanish
2 entries- piñatizar verb (to release government control to private industry)
- privatizar verb (to release government control to private industry)
Swedish
1 entries- privatisera verb (to release government control to private industry)
Turkish
1 entries- özelleştirmek verb (to release government control to private industry)
Ukrainian
1 entries- приватизува́ти verb (to release government control to private industry)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tư nhân hoá verb (to release government control to private industry)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Effective public policy is not a simple matter of centralize or decentralize, subsidize or privatize, regulate or deregulate.
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Algeria needs an ambitious program to privatize public utilities.
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Does Algeria need to privatize its public utilities?
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