Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

state-owned

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables
state-owned
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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.

Example Sentences

Phrases

state-owned enterprise state ownership public ownership

Frequently Paired Words

state ownership public ownership

Questions

What does state-owned mean?
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.

How to pronounce state-owned

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