multilateralize

American

[muhl-ti-lat-er-uh-lahyz] / ˌmʌl tɪˈlæt ər əˌlaɪz /

especially British, multilateralise

verb (used with object)

multilateralized, multilateralizing

to open to participation by several nations, organizations, etc..

to multilateralize trade agreements.

Other Word Forms

multilateralization

noun

Etymology

Origin of multilateralize

First recorded in 1945–50; multilateral + -ize

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multilateralize multilateralized

"So that's why we have got to come back and multilateralize this."

From Reuters ● May 16, 2016

But now that it has been multilateralized and has 20 American republics to defend it, it has become a dead letter.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Carter Administration hopes that criticism of its human rights policy will diminish as the policy itself becomes, in the jargon of the foreign policymakers, "multilateralized."

From Time Magazine Archive

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