state-owned

English

Adjective

state-owned (not comparable)

1. Owned and controlled by the country's government.
   • 2021 February 10, Richard Clinnick, “Eurostar boost as French promise aid”, in RAIL, number 924, page 10:

     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.

Derived terms

• state-owned enterprise

Related terms

• state ownership

Translations

owned by the government

• Czech: státní (cs)
• Danish: statsejet, statslig
• German: staatlich (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: statseid, statlig

  Nynorsk: statleg

• Swedish: statsägd (sv), statlig (sv)

References

• “state-owned”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.