renationalize
Return to government
Renationalize means to bring a previously privatized industry, company, or asset back under government ownership or control.
The term implies that the entity was once nationalized, then sold off to private interests, and is now being returned to public hands.
Activists are calling on the government to renationalize the railways after years of poor service under private operators.
The debate over whether to renationalize utilities often centers on questions of efficiency, accountability, and public interest.
Managed by authorities
- state-ownedBelonging to government
- expropriateSeize for state use
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
- repossessSeize for unpaid debt
reacquire · reclaim · revert · utilities · railways · infrastructure · assets · takeover
Fixed-track transport systems
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
- energyPower to do work
- waterClear essential liquid
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
healthcare · airlines · banking · steel · coal · oil · gas · electricity
National legislative assembly
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
government · statecraft · lawmaker · politician · senate · mandate · oversight · accountability
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- statuteEnacted written rule
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
act · bill · reform · framework · referendum · manifesto · platform · intervention
Freedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- bordersLines separating regions
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
repatriation · autonomy · self-rule · protectionism · tariffs · decolonization · divestment · extraction
state-run
Managed by authorities
- state-ownedBelonging to government
- expropriateSeize for state use
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
repossess · reacquire · reclaim · revert · utilities · railways · infrastructure · assets · takeover · acquisition
railways
Fixed-track transport systems
telecommunications · healthcare · airlines · banking · steel · coal · oil · gas · electricity · grid
parliament
National legislative assembly
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
bureaucracy · government · statecraft · lawmaker · politician · senate · mandate · oversight · accountability · treasury
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- statuteEnacted written rule
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
directive · act · bill · reform · framework · referendum · manifesto · platform · intervention · agenda
independence
Freedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- bordersLines separating regions
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
statehood · repatriation · autonomy · self-rule · protectionism · tariffs · decolonization · divestment · extraction · multinational
renationalizeprivatize
Transfer to non-government ownership
sell off · denationalize · divest · deregulate · float
renationalizeprivatize
Transfer to non-government ownership
neoliberalize · deregulate · laissez-faire · Thatcherism · Reaganomics
renationalized, renationalise, renationalizes, renationalising, renationalised, renationalizing