English

Alternative forms

• reprivatise

Verb

reprivatize ‎(third-person singular simple present reprivatizes, present participle reprivatizing, simple past and past participle reprivatized)

1. (economics) To privatize a company that was previously nationalized
   • 2009 March 1, Tyler Cowen, “Message to Regulators: Bank Fix Needed Quickly”, in New York Times:

     Many analysts cite Swedish bank nationalization, from the early 1990s, as a model, because the Swedes later reprivatized these banks and resumed economic growth.

Related terms

• reprivatization