public ownership

noun

state ownership.

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Meanings

nounpublic ownership (uncountable)
  1. uncountableeconomicsstate ownership.

    "Taking train operations back into public ownership is an essential part of making the change to make in the railway better," he concludes.

    2025 October 1, Christian Wolmar, “Rail Minister at the heart of rail reform”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 35

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
state ownership
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APA

public ownership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20ownership

MLA

“public ownership.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20ownership. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “public ownership,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20ownership.

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