in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 privatise
- VERB 使私有化;使归私有
If a company, industry, or service that is owned by the state is privatized, the government sells it and makes it a private company.
- The water boards are about to be privatized.
水务委员会将实行私有化。 - ...a pledge to privatise the rail and coal industries.
将铁路和煤炭工业私有化的保证 - ...the newly privatized FM radio stations.
新转为私有化的调频广播电台