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Privatized

/prˈaɪvəˌtaɪzd/
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(verb) simple past and past participle of privatize

A privatized rail company could close the most uneconomic routes.
Algeria's state-owned companies that experience losses need to be privatized.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The water company was ____ in the 1980s and has been run for profit ever since.

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