"privatise" meaning in English

See privatise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈpraɪvətaɪz/ [US] Forms: privatise [canonical], privatises [third-person, singular], privatised [past], privatised [past, participle], privatising [present, participle]
Etymology: private + -ise Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|private|ise}} private + -ise Head templates: {{verb|privatis|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When a government privatises something, it removes government control over an industry or a part of the economy, and let people manage it themselves.
    Sense id: simple-privatise-en-verb-URCFjmVG Categories (other): Economics
  2. When you privatize something (such as a variable or function), you make it private and making it only able to be used internally.
    Sense id: simple-privatise-en-verb-aa~T8MwI Categories (other): Computing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ise
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