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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnationalisena‧tion‧al‧ise /ˈnæʃənəlaɪz/ verb [transitive] x-refa British spelling of nationalize→ See Verb table
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nationalise• The government should nationalise all of its banks.• They also wished to nationalise certain industries.• It does, however, put the onus of proof, case by case, on those who would nationalise industry.• Subsidise it; bail it out; or nationalise it, so that it was protected by the bottomless purse of the taxpayer.• Outrage at what they saw as the pillaging of their resources led many Latin countries to nationalise oil firms.• However, the authorities can provide the debt relief badly needed to stabilise the economy by nationalising the banks.• And they're going to nationalise the health service.• But he didn't want to nationalise them, he just wanted them - for himself.
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