privatizing
Transferring to corporations
Privatizing is transferring something from public or government ownership to private control.
Governments privatize state-owned industries, utilities, or services: The country has been privatizing its railways.
The term often appears in debates about efficiency versus public interest: Critics argued that privatizing healthcare would leave the poor uninsured.
Removing governmental business restrictions
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- neoliberalismPro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- contractingReducing in volume
free-market · laissez-faire · austerity · supply-side · IMF · Thatcherism · Reaganomics · monetarism
Disposal of assets
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- spin-offDerivative from a parent
- corporatizationRestructuring as a corporation
efficiency · profitability · acquisition · merger · delisting · streamlining · cost-cutting · turnaround
Essential infrastructure services
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- prisonsDetention facilities for criminals
schools · water · electricity · airlines · highways · airports · ports · housing
Move between locations
- deedWritten property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
stockholder · stakeholder · equity · shares · assets · portfolio · divestment · reallocation
Having a barrier entrance
- restrictedLimited in scope
- members-onlyRestricted to enrolled participants
- VIPNotable, for short
- eliteSuperior select group
selective · privileged · enclosed · segregated · premium
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- neoliberalismPro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
contracting · free-market · laissez-faire · austerity · supply-side · IMF · Thatcherism · Reaganomics · monetarism · globalization
divestiture
Disposal of assets
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- spin-offDerivative from a parent
corporatization · efficiency · profitability · acquisition · merger · delisting · streamlining · cost-cutting · turnaround
utilities
Essential infrastructure services
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
prisons · schools · water · electricity · airlines · highways · airports · ports · housing · transit
transfer
Move between locations
- deedWritten property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
acquisition · stockholder · stakeholder · equity · shares · assets · portfolio · divestment · reallocation · stewardship
gated
Having a barrier entrance
- restrictedLimited in scope
- members-onlyRestricted to enrolled participants
- VIPNotable, for short
elite · selective · privileged · enclosed · segregated · premium
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
privatizingnationalizing
State acquisition of private assets
socializing · collectivizing · expropriating · publicizing · nationalising
privatizingnationalizing
State acquisition of private assets
statism · state control · public ownership · government takeover · socialization
private, privacy, deprive, privately, deprived, privation, deprivation, deprives, depriving