privatize

pri·va·tize (prī′və tīz′)

transitive verb -·tized′, -·tiz′·ing

to make or hold private; specif., to turn over (a public property, service, etc.) to private interests

pri′·va·ti·za′·tion noun

To transfer ownership of a public utility from the government to private interests. See also liberalize, nationalize, and utility.

Object

water: When it was privatized, water metering was recognized and encouraged as part of the answer.
company: Out of the 27 state capitals, 25 are served by public companies and 2 by partially privatized companies.
service: Martin's years of starving our once proud health care system are still ricocheting as provincial governments dismantle and privatize such services.
oil: Also, the major oil companies made it very clear that privatizing Iraqi oil would not be acceptable.
resource: The Bush administration's project was not, as is sometimes said, to purely and simply privatize Iraqi oil resources.
system: Beside cutting taxes, the Dzurinda government brought the free market to health care and partly privatized the social security system.

Adjective complement

most: Thursday 8 th September Cuba in the 1990s privatized most of its farms.

Modifying Another Word

partially: Out of the 27 state capitals, 25 are served by public companies and 2 by partially privatized companies.
newly: Employees in newly privatized businesses benefit from improved pay, conditions and career opportunities.
fully: It also fully privatized the safety reviews for several categories of medical devices.
recently: The UK's railways, recently privatized, are now split into over 20 different networks.
partly: Beside cutting taxes, the Dzurinda government brought the free market to health care and partly privatized the social security system.
even: Meanwhile, they are even privatizing the drinking water, while the police are everywhere.

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