Meanings
- not comparablewhich is run by the state
The power sharing deal came as ScotRail, which will be entirely state-run by March 2022, released its Fit for Purpose document that plans to axe 300 services per day compared with pre-pandemic levels [...].
2021 September 8, Tom Allett, “Network News: Scottish Greens primed to take major role in rail policy”, in RAIL, number 939, page 101 more example
In Tingri county six out of the nine state-run enterprises (including collectives, which are quasi state enterprises) were without a bookkeeper. The county's truck team had not even kept accounts for the past few years.
1991, The Poverty of Plenty, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110
Origin
From state + run, past participle of run.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 國營 /国营
- 國營 /国营 (guóyíng)Translations
Cite this entry
state-run. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state-run
“state-run.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state-run. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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