🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Staatseigentum

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Shtaatzaygntum

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
State-Owned Assets/steɪt oʊnd ˈæsɛts/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Regierung plant den Verkauf von Staatseigentum."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Assets that are owned and managed by a government or state entity.

    "The government decided to sell some state-owned assets to reduce its debt."
  2. 2

    Resources or properties that are utilized for public benefit and are under the control of the state.

    "State-owned assets include public transportation systems and utilities."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'state-owned' combines 'state', derived from the Latin 'status', meaning condition or position, and 'owned', from Old English 'āned', meaning possessed. 'Assets' comes from the Latin 'assētus', meaning to be sufficient, reflecting the evolution of the term to denote resources owned by an entity.

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