denationalises

Sells off publicly

Denationalises is the British spelling of denationalizes, meaning to transfer from public to private ownership.

A government denationalises an industry or enterprise by selling it to private investors: The Thatcher government denationalised British Telecom in 1984.

The opposite of nationalise.

economics

deregulation

Removing governmental business restrictions

efficiency · profitability · fiscal policy · liberalization · free market · enterprise · trade · monopoly · oligopoly · shareholder

privatization

sell-off

Rapid mass divestiture

public sector · buyout · commercialization · marketization · privatizes · outsourcing · private equity · shareholders · investors · stock market

sovereignty

self-determination

Control over one's fate

home rule · secession · decolonization · statehood · separatism · devolution · federalism · self-rule · sovereignty · patriotism

globalization

transnational

Crossing country lines

multinational corporations · interconnectedness · integration · worldwide · cosmopolitanism · exchange · cooperation · diaspora · expatriate · global markets

Opposites
ownership transfer direction

denationalisesnationalises

Makes state-owned property

nationalizes · socialises · socializes · collectivizes · expropriates

Family

denationalise, denationalised

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