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to privatize
01
to change the ownership of an industry, service, or business from public to private
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
privatize
3rd person singular
privatizes
Present participle
privatizing
Past simple
privatized
Past participle
privatized
Examples
The government decided to privatize the national airline to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
Lexical Tree
privatize
private
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