Meanings
adjectivestate-owned (not comparable)
- not comparableOwned and controlled by and at a national level, and served as a resource of the sovereign country or city state through a central government or its agencies and institutions as the head and operator.
The French Government is Eurostar's majority shareholder, with the country's state-owned railway SNCF holding a 55% stake, while Belgian state operator SNCB has a 5% stake.
2021 February 10, Richard Clinnick, “Eurostar boost as French promise aid”, in RAIL, number 924, page 10
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 國有 /国有
- 國有 /国有 (guóyǒu)state-owned
Czech státní
- státnístate-owned
Danish statsejet, statslig
- statsejetstate-owned
- statsligstate-owned
German staatlich, staatseigen
- staatlichstate-owned
- staatseigenstate-owned
Norwegian Bokmål statseid, statlig
- statseidstate-owned
- statligstate-owned
Polish państwowy
- państwowystate-owned
Spanish estatal, realengo
- estatalstate-owned
- realengostate-owned
Swedish statsägd, statlig
- statsägdstate-owned
- statligstate-owned
Cite this entry
APA
state-owned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state-owned
MLA
“state-owned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state-owned. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “state-owned,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state-owned.
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