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state-owned

state-owned adjective: owned and controlled by and at a national level, and served as a resource of the sovereign country or city state through a central government or its agencies and institutions as the head and operator.

Adjective

state-owned (not comparable)

  1. Owned and controlled by and at a national level, and served as a resource of the sovereign country or city state through a central government or its agencies and institutions as the head and operator.
    • The French Government is Eurostar's majority shareholder, with the country's state-owned railway SNCF holding a 55% stake, while Belgian state operator SNCB has a 5% stake.2021 February 10, Richard Clinnick, “Eurostar boost as French promise aid”, in RAIL, number 924, page 10

Words formed from state-owned

Phrases with state-owned

Questions about state-owned

What does state-owned mean?
State-owned means owned and controlled by and at a national level, and served as a resource of the sovereign country or city state through a central government or its agencies and institutions as the head and operator.
What part of speech is state-owned?
State-owned is an adjective.

Words near state-owned in the dictionary

  1. state-level cities
  2. state-level city
  3. state-level municipalities
  4. state-level municipality
  5. state-of-the-art
  6. state-owned
  7. state-owned enterprise
  8. state-owned enterprises
  9. state-room
  10. state-run
  11. stateable

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