English

Verb

privatise ‎(third-person singular simple present privatises, present participle privatising, simple past and past participle privatised)

1. (chiefly British) Alternative spelling of privatize
   • 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:

     In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […]  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.

Synonyms

• denationalise

Antonyms

• nationalise

Derived terms

• privatisation
• reprivatise

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁi.va.tiz/

Verb

privatise

1. first-person singular present indicative of privatiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of privatiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of privatiser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of privatiser
5. second-person singular imperative of privatiser