Nationalise is the British spelling of nationalize. The meaning is the same: a government takes a big industry — water, gas, the railways, oil, sometimes banks — out of private hands and makes the state the owner or the one in charge. It may buy the companies, or it may simply take control.

Nationalise is the British spelling of nationalizeNationalise是nationalize的英式拼法。The meaning is the same意思一樣： a government takes a big industry政府把一個大產業 — water, gas, the railways, oil, sometimes banks水、瓦斯、鐵路、石油，有時候是銀行 — out of private hands從私人手裡拿過來 and makes the state the owner or the one in charge讓國家變成擁有者或掌控者。It may buy the companies它可能是買下這些公司， or it may simply take control也可能只是單純接管。

This is a politics-and-news word, not kitchen-table talk. People who want a smaller state often spit the word out as a warning; people who want public services in public hands use it as a plan.

This is a politics-and-news word, not kitchen-table talk這是政治和新聞的詞彙，不是餐桌上的話題。People who want a smaller state often spit the word out as a warning想要小政府的人常把這個字當警告一樣吐出來； people who want public services in public hands use it as a plan想要公共服務在公家手裡的人，把它當成一個計畫來用。

British English often writes -ise on this family of verbs; American English usually writes -ize. You have not changed the idea, only the letters.

British English often writes -ise on this family of verbs英式英文這一類動詞常寫成-ise； American English usually writes -ize美式英文通常寫成-ize。You have not changed the idea你並沒有改變概念， only the letters只改了字母。

The matching noun is nationalisation (British) or nationalization (American). The opposite move is to privatise / privatize.

The matching noun is nationalisation (British) or nationalization (American)對應的名詞是nationalisation（英式）或nationalization（美式）。The opposite move is to privatise / privatize相反的動作是privatise／privatize。