privatize

/หˆpษนaษชvษ™taษชz/

IPA: /P R IH1 V AH0 T AY0 Z/

verb
  1. 1

    To release government control of (a business or industry) to private industry.

  2. 2

    To make (a variable, etc.) private in scope.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/privatize