Privatisation

1.

The transfer of a business or an activity from state ownership and control into ownership by the private sector.

Shares in the privatised business are usually listed on a stock exchange.

2.

A corporate privatisation is a transfer of ownership from public equity markets (the stock exchange) to private equity ownership.

See also

• Nationalisation
• Private
• Private equity
• Private sector
• Public
• Public sector
• Taking private
• Third sector