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State-controlled

Definition: State-controlled

State-controlled

Adjective

1. Subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: State-controlled

Synonyms: collectivised (adj), collectivist (adj), collectivistic (adj), collectivized (adj). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: duty on State-controlled betting (finance), state-controlled economy (food & agriculture, economicseconomics), state-controlled ship (military & defense, politics & international affaires), state-owned ship, state-planned economy (food & agriculture, economicseconomics).

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Commercial Usage: State-controlled

DomainTitle

Books

  • Interface One: Conference Proceedings on the Application of U.S. Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws to Imports from State-Controlled Economics (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: State-controlled

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

It also covers procurement by state-owned or state-controlled companies or institutions, such as port authorities. (references)

Privatization in the telecommunications industry was late in France, occurring in 1998. France Telecom, the once entirely state-controlled entity, is slowly integrating into the private sector. (references)

The quotas will be replaced by a tariff-rate quota system with in-quota tonnage limits expanded each year. Moreover, all quotas must be fully allocated, forbidding the current practice of limiting imports by only allocating a certain portion of quotas each year. Perhaps most significant, foreign firms will gain the right to import and distribute fertilizers after a five year transition period, gradually dismantling the state-controlled trading monopoly. (references)

Civil Liberties

Thailand

Such self-censorship is more common at state-controlled stations. (references)

Congo

Opposition parties generally remained unable to gain access to state-controlled television. (references)

Congo

Seven television stations broadcast in the Kinshasa area, three of which were state-controlled and two of which were religious. (references)

Economic History

Greece

A few state-controlled banks dominate the Greek banking industry. (references)

Cuba (09/01)

Cuba's state-controlled economy has failed to provide adequate housing to Cubans. (references)

Finland

Most state-controlled companies operate on a commercial basis, according to free-market principles. (references)

Human Rights

Azerbaijan

The system, a holdover from the Soviet times, limits representation in criminal cases to members of state-controlled Collegium and therefore restricts the public's access to legal representation. (references)

Georgia

In instances where defendants were unable to afford legal counsel, attorneys were assigned to a case upon the recommendation of the Procurator's Office by the Office of Legal Assistance, a part of the state-controlled Bar Association. (references)

Nigeria

Members of minority ethnic groups in the oil-producing areas kidnaped foreign and local oil company employees to press their demands for more redistribution of wealth generated by joint ventures with the state-controlled petroleum corporation and for specific projects in their areas. (references)

Minorities

Zimbabwe

On many occasions, President Mugabe, members of his Government, and the state-controlled media attempted to reignite resentment of the white minority. (references)

Political Economy

Tajikistan

Government revenue depends highly on state-controlled cotton production. (references)

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Since 1992, the government has successfully turned the state-controlled economy into a market-driven one. (references)

Political Rights

Belarus

Campaign activities were regulated excessively and heavily biased state-controlled media severely limited candidates' access to the media and the voters' choice of candidates. (references)

Trade

Greece

State-controlled banks and specialized financial institutions together control about 63 percent of deposits and 58 percent of loans. (references)

Armenia

Armenia's banking sector consists of one state-controlled bank (Savings Bank) and 30 private commercial banks with over 220 branches. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: State-controlled

"State-controlled" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.88% of the time. "State-controlled" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)96.88%3162,296
Noun (singular)3.13%1339,140
                    Total100.00%32N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: State-controlled

Language Translations for "state-controlled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

状态控制. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

valtiojohtoinen. (various references)

   

French

  

navire d'Etat (state-controlled ship, state-owned ship). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

국가 통 되". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ate-controlledstay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: State-controlled

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-l-l-n-o-o-r-s-t-t-t"

-3 letters: constellated.

-4 letters: aldosterone, constellate, cotoneaster.

-5 letters: adolescent, ancestored, centralest, coattested, contraltos, contrasted, controlled, cottonseed, decollates, decontrols, detonators, doctorates, enscrolled, reallotted, sandlotter, tolerances, transected.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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