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Definition: State-controlled |
State-controlledAdjective1. 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-controlledSynonyms: 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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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 96.88% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.13% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 | ||||
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. | |
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| 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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