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時事英語キーワード [No.51-No.100]

[No.91] privatize

~を民営化する

<to sell a business or an industry so that it is no longer owned by the government.>

(n) privatization

The Japanese National Railway was privatized in 1987. →国鉄は1987年に民営化された。
the privatized gas industry →民営化されたガス事業
the privatization of water and electricity →水道・電気(事業)の民営化