nationalise

verb

Etymology

From French nationaliser, equivalent to national + -ise.

  1. derived from nationaliser

Definitions

  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of nationalize.

    • It was done in order to nationalise — or rather to Babylonise — all the four throughout, by giving them Chaldean names, bearing the names of the gods Bel and Nego or Nebo.
    • Although the B.L.S. group of railways remains under private ownership, the question of nationalising more Swiss lines has recently been considered by a Government Commission.
    • The US joins the first world war and supplies allied forces with oil. President Woodrow Wilson appoints multiple oil executives to war-effort committees and nationalises the railways.

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