to nationalize
25
6.8
- verb
- /ˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz/
- Specialized
:
nacionalizar
- If necessary, the Republic of the Alands will nationalize literary production.
- nationalize major industries
- nationalize foreign companies
- nationalize the oil
So Prime Minister Mossadegh and the Iranian parliament nationalized the Iranian oil resource.
- So Prime Minister Mossadegh and the Iranian parliament nationalized the Iranian oil resource.
- So you could say that the US government has nationalized close to half of the private sector.
- They wanted to nationalize our private property that is Allstate owned.
- So you cannot nationalise the gold mines as many of the ANC people have wanted to do.
- But eventually you're going to see a big clasp down of right wing push to pay off any sort of debts and to nationalize assets.
- So that's how Kim Jong Un came as a communist and then he making this country confiscate all the land, nationalise everything.
- He said, you know, he, he said somehow when Bhaskar said we want to nationalize banks, he interpreted that as we want to nationalize GoFundMe.
- Although this new law has been passed in Russia so far, the planes don't yet appear to have been formally nationalized.
- Because when Kim and I were in Vancouver doing, we, we, we put together one of the biggest gold mines in China and they nationalized it.
- In practice, this would mean they'd nationalize most if not all AI companies and come up with a new idea of fairness to distribute the goods.
- Criminal justice was nationalized and the constant feuding and raiding of warlords, otherwise known as Knights, was tamed by the King's justice.
- So I think that we should have nationalized.
Examples
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An ANC-dominated government would lean toward nationalizing major resources and available land.
Academic text (1991) -
After a vain search for private sector solutions, the government nationalized Northern Rock in February 2008.
Academic text (2008) -
Third, they did not nationalize the banks.
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He's definitely gonna nationalize the oil.
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The government's decision to nationalize the banks fostered strong resistance from the right.
Academic text (1994) -
This guy's already nationalized the gold and diamond mines.
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When the government took more coercive measures and nationalized the banks, business confidence collapsed.
Academic text (1994) -
In the face of rapidly declining production, the government reluctantly began nationalizing firms and industries.
Academic text (1992) -
PDVSA was founded when the Venezuelan oil industry was nationalized on 1 January 1976.
Academic text (1999) -
The government decided to nationalize the railway system to improve efficiency and reduce costs for travelers.
Synonyms
28
8.4
To put businesses under government control
2
8.6
Put farms, land, and businesses into shared ownership controlled by the government or community
1
7.7
To bring a company or service back under government ownership after it became private
Antonyms
- Specialized
To move a business or service from government control to private owners
How Public
- Formal
4
8.8
- Specialized
25
6.8
258
3.4
- US
61
6.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word nationalize comes from nation, meaning 'the people or country', and the ending -ize, meaning 'make'. So when a government nationalizes a company, it makes that company belong to the whole country or the state instead of private owners.