privatise
Transfer to corporations
Privatise is the British spelling of privatize, meaning to transfer ownership or control of a business, industry, or service from the government to private individuals or companies.
The term emerged prominently during the 1980s as governments began selling off state-owned enterprises like utilities, railways, and telecommunications.
The government plans to privatise the national airline.
Critics argue that privatising essential services prioritises profit over public welfare.
Removing governmental business restrictions
- neoliberalismPro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
Thatcherism · austerity · restructuring · outsourcing · concession · denationalization · marketization · corporatization
Equity owner in corporation
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
- assetsOwned items of value
- divestitureDisposal of assets
sell-off · acquisition · holdings · property · stock · capital · investment · proprietary
Essential infrastructure services
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- educationSystematic development of mind
water · electricity · postal · airlines · airports · prison · military · infrastructure
Reducing expenditures deliberately
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
productivity · lean · outsourcing · redundancy · rationalization · turnaround · profitability · modernization
First public stock offering
- flotationAbility to stay afloat
- listingRecorded item in catalog
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
valuation · offering · underwriting · prospectus · shares · dividend · investors · trading
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- neoliberalismPro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- reformImprove by correcting faults
liberalization · Thatcherism · austerity · restructuring · outsourcing · concession · denationalization · marketization · corporatization · unbundling
shareholder
Equity owner in corporation
divestiture · sell-off · acquisition · holdings · property · stock · capital · investment · proprietary · title
utilities
Essential infrastructure services
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
education · water · electricity · postal · airlines · airports · prison · military · infrastructure · transport
cost-cutting
Reducing expenditures deliberately
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
optimization · productivity · lean · outsourcing · redundancy · rationalization · turnaround · profitability · modernization · competitiveness
IPO
First public stock offering
- flotationAbility to stay afloat
- listingRecorded item in catalog
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
exchange · valuation · offering · underwriting · prospectus · shares · dividend · investors · trading · capitalization
privatisenationalise
Transfer to state control
nationalize · socialise · socialize · collectivise · expropriate
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