renationalise
Return to government
To renationalise is to bring a previously privatised industry or asset back under government ownership.
The word implies reversal—something was once nationalised, then sold off, now returned to public control: The party pledged to renationalise the railways.
Chiefly British spelling; American English uses renationalize.
State sells public assets
- state-ownedBelonging to government
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
telecommunications · transportation · energy · railways · electricity · oil · gas · water
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- collectivizationForced communal ownership transfer
subsidy · tariffs · mandate · reform · reversal · repeal · amendment · statute
Freedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- controlAuthority to direct
authority · governance · self-rule · border · territory · statehood · repatriation · decolonization
Gaining back ownership
- repossessSeize for unpaid debt
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- restorationReturning something to condition
- retrievalAct of getting back
takeover · buyback · compensation · seizure · transfer · reassertion
privatization
State sells public assets
- state-ownedBelonging to government
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
infrastructure · telecommunications · transportation · energy · railways · electricity · oil · gas · water · airlines
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- redistributionSharing out again differently
collectivization · subsidy · tariffs · mandate · reform · reversal · repeal · amendment · statute · directive
independence
Freedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
control · authority · governance · self-rule · border · territory · statehood · repatriation · decolonization
reacquisition
Gaining back ownership
- repossessSeize for unpaid debt
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- restorationReturning something to condition
retrieval · takeover · buyback · compensation · seizure · transfer · reassertion
renationaliseprivatise
Transfer state assets privately
denationalise · sell off · divest · float · corporatise
renationalisederegulate
Remove official controls
liberalise · liberalize · privatisation · free up · decontrol
nation, national, nationalism, international, nationality, nationalize, nationalistic, internationalize, nationalization