privatization issue

British  

noun

1. an issue of shares available for purchase by members of the public when a publicly owned organization is transferred to the private sector

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Example Sentences

In a state where charter schools are not as prevalent as they are in neighboring Michigan, the privatization issue dividing the candidates is school vouchers.

From Salon

The bipartisan Senate measure, which sidesteps the privatization issue, contains a series of travel security provisions that Senate Republicans have promoted as the most comprehensive increase in airport security in nearly a decade.

From Reuters

The Air Traffic Controllers Association of Greece, a labor union, is officially neutral on the privatization issue.

From New York Times

Social Security experts say raising the privatization issue could give Democrats a potent political weapon.

From Washington Post

The two groups say that they are monitoring the discussions -- and are particularly interested in how the state would regulate store hours and cashier training -- but that they probably will not weigh in on the broader discussion because they do not see the privatization issue as part of their core mission of curbing drunken driving.

From Washington Post