state-owned
English
Adjective
- Owned, controlled by, and under the purview or responsibility of a country's central government or its agencies and institutions.
- 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
Related terms
Translations
government-owned
References
- “state-owned”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.