simple past tense and past participle of private

present participle of privatize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privatize

Obsolete spelling of private

privatization

simple past tense and past participle of privatize

(economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry. / (computing, transitive) To make (a variable, etc.) private in scope.

The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.

(philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.

plural of privation