different between denationalize vs privatize

English

Etymology

From French dénationaliser

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??næ?(?)n?la?z/

Verb

denationalize (third-person singular simple present denationalizes, present participle denationalizing, simple past and past participle denationalized)

1. (transitive) To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
2. (transitive) To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• privatise (Commonwealth)

Etymology

private +? -ize

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?a?v?ta?z/
• Hyphenation: pri?va?tize

Verb

privatize (third-person singular simple present privatizes, present participle privatizing, simple past and past participle privatized)

1. (economics) To release government control of (a business or industry) to private industry.
2. (computing, transitive) To make (a variable, etc.) private in scope.
   • 1997, David Sehr, Utpal Banerjee, David Gelernter, Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing: 9th International Workshop (page 184)

     If the compiler allocates a privatized variable to a register, it must examine whether the variable is live after the termination of the while-loop.

Synonyms

• denationalize

Antonyms

• nationalize

Related terms

• privatization

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

privatize

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of privatizar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of privatizar
3. third-person singular negative imperative of privatizar
4. third-person singular imperative of privatizar