corporatize

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verb

To transform state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations.

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Meanings

verbcorporatize (third-person singular simple present corporatizes, present participle corporatizing, simple past and past participle corporatized)

present singular third person corporatizes · participle present corporatizing · participle past corporatized · past corporatized

  1. To transform state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations.
  2. To impose corporate values or practices; to commercialize.

Origin

From corporate + -ize.

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APA

corporatize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corporatize

MLA

“corporatize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corporatize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corporatize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corporatize.

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