Look up: privatization

1. Privatization
   The act of returning state-owned or state-run companies back to the private sector, usually by selling them.
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2. privatization
   the process whereby public assets, e.g. British Gas, are sold off to private investors; also, the way in which people are turning inwards to their immediate families, or even themselves, with a corresponding reduction in contacts with extended family members, friends or the community.
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3. privatization
   Policy or process of selling or transferring state-owned or public assets and services (notably nationalized industries) to private investors. Privatization of services involves the government...
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4. privatization
   Process of shifting publicly controlled services and/or facilities to the private sector. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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5. privatization
   (from the article `Bahamas, The`) ...changes in government policy, since both parties were committed to the free market, foreign investment, and fiscal prudence. In his first policy ... ...improving collections. A modified version of the government`s proposal for rationalizing transfers to state and local governments was adopted. In ......
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6. Privatization
   The transfer of government-owned or government-run companies to the private sector, usually by selling them.
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7. Privatization
   The act of a government relinquishing control of a company, returning it to the private sector. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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8. Privatization
   The conversion of a government-owned enterprise to private ownership.
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9. privatization
   The sale of government-owned assets or activities to the private sector.
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10. privatization
    privatization: see nationalization.
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11. privatization
    Policy or process of selling or transferring state-owned or public assets and services (notably nationalized industries) to private investors. Privatization of services involves the government giving contracts to private firms to supply services previously supplied by public authorities. Supporters of privatization argue that the public benefit...
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12. Privatization
    `Privatization` is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector (the state or government) to the private sector (businesses that operate for a private profit) or to private non-profit organizations. In a broader sense, ...
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