What is "nationalisation"

nationalisation \nationalisation\ n. same as nationalization. [Chiefly Brit.]

n. 1 The act or process of nationalise: 2 # The act or process of making or becoming a nation. 3 # The act of taking formerly private assets into public or (l en state ownership). 4 # The act of becoming nationalistic.

1. n. the action of forming or becoming a nation [syn: nationalization]

2. the action of rendering national in character [syn: nationalization]

3. changing something from private to state ownership or control [syn: nationalization, communization, communisation] [ant: denationalization]