in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 denationalise
- VERB 使非国有化;使转为私营
To denationalize an industry or business means to transfer it into private ownership so that it is no longer owned and controlled by the state.
- The government started to denationalize financial institutions...
政府开始对金融机构进行私有化。 - Eventually Sunderland Shipbuilders was denationalised.
桑德兰造船厂最终转为了私营。