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renationalise en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English nationalise English renationalise From re- + nationalise.

Meanings

1. (UK, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of renationalize.
   alt of renationalize
   • An incoming Labour government could quite easily renationalise the railways without falling foul of EU rules. The accounting separation would have to remain, but essentially most of the major European nations have railways where both infrastructure and most of the operations are state-owned. It's just convenient to blame the EU. 2019 October 23, Christian Wolmar, “It's not the EU's fault that privatisation has broken down”, in Rail, page 49:

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