mutualize

American  

[myoo-choo-uh-lahyz] / ˈmyu tʃu əˌlaɪz /

especially British, mutualise

verb (used with object)

mutualized, mutualizing

1. to make mutual.

2. to organize (a company) on a mutual model, in which members share profits, losses, expenses, etc..

   The office-supply company will be mutualized in the next fiscal year.

3. to share (profits, losses, etc., incurred by one member of a group) equally among all members.

   The officials refused to mutualize the European Union debt.

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verb (used without object)

mutualized, mutualizing

1. to become mutual.

2. to become a mutual company.

mutualize British  

/ ˈmjuːtʃʊəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to make or become mutual

2. (tr) to organize or convert (a business enterprise) so that customers or employees own a majority of shares

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Other Word Forms

• mutualization noun
• unmutualized adjective

Etymology

Origin of mutualize

First recorded in 1805–15; mutual + -ize

Example Sentences

“What we don’t want is, so to speak, to mix up liabilities and responsibility, or rather to simply mutualize debt, without becoming competitive,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2018