demutualize

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verb

To change from mutual ownership to ownership via stocks or shares.

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Meanings

verbdemutualize (third-person singular simple present demutualizes, present participle demutualizing, simple past and past participle demutualized)

present singular third person demutualizes · participle present demutualizing · participle past demutualized · past demutualized

  1. especially a building societyTo change from mutual ownership to ownership via stocks or shares.

Origin

From de- + mutualize.

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APA

demutualize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demutualize

MLA

“demutualize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demutualize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demutualize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demutualize.

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