Obsolete spelling of private

privatization

Privately, where no one else can see or hear.

(Internet, transitive) To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).

Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group. / Not accessible by the public. / Not in governmental office or employment.

A soldier of the lowest rank in the army. / A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care. / (euphemistic, in the plural) The genitals.

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.

In a private manner.

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