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nationalize Definition

na·tion·al·ize (nas̸h′ə nə līz′)

transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing

  1. to make national in character
  2. to transfer ownership or control of (land, resources, industries, etc.) to the national government

nationalize Related Forms
na′·tion·ali·za′·tion noun na′·tion·al·iz′er noun
nationalize Telecom Definition
To transfer ownership of a commercial enterprise from private interests to the government. Also known as legalized theft of private property. See also privatize.
nationalize Usage Examples

Object

  • industry: Only in this way will nationalized industry learn to function properly.
  • bank: For decades no use has been made for these facilities for which your party so prominently helped nationalize the central bank.
  • company: He and President Ahmad Hassan Al Baker nationalized the oil companies and Iraq was able to produce it and market it.
  • mine: Smillie was furious when Lloyd George refused to nationalize the mines and allowed them to go back into private ownership.
  • land: This, it will be argued, provides the vital background to understanding the decision of the Attlee governments not to nationalize the land.
  • care: Nationalized health care in a flood from quot captives.

Modifying Another Word

  • also: Financial institutions, all in bankruptcy from the massive capital flight during the war, were also nationalized.
  • then: Instead of embracing free markets it abandoned them to corrupt cabals who then nationalized industry wholesale.