state-owned
adjective
ECONOMICS,GOVERNMENTukusownedby thegovernment:
astate-ownedairline/bank/industry
Manypeopleacquiredsharesin theformerstate-ownedgroupwhen it wasprivatisedin 2009.
Theeventualdealwill have to beapprovedby theFrenchprivatisationcommission, because Credit Lyonnais is state-owned.
US
ownedby astate:
Threatened by aballotmeasuretodisbandit, Oregon's state-ownedworkers'compensationinsurerfoundmixedsupportamonglocalRepublicans.
state-ownedland