There have been two main waves of municipalization in developed countries.

An analysis last year concluded that the village could save 30 to 38 percent on its electricity bill through municipalization.

That city is a part of the municipalization of northern Fulton.

For all his confident talk, doubts about Clyde's municipalization persist.

The town hired a consulting firm, which issued a report favoring municipalization.

Municipalization is the transfer of corporations or other assets to municipal ownership.

The process of bringing an asset into public ownership is called nationalization or municipalization.

After nearly a dozen public hearings, voters approved municipalization by a slim 10 votes in a 4,500-vote race.

The museum was opened in 1980, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Sakai's municipalization.

Many authorities pursued an active policy of 'municipalization'.

Planning of scheduled flights began following the municipalization.

The opposite of nationalization is usually privatization or de-nationalization, but may also be municipalization.

The 2.5-square-mile village of Lynbrook (population 19,300) began its municipalization process three years ago with feasibility studies and public hearings.

In 1985, the township held a referendum with voters overwhelmingly in favor of municipalization.

It was in the first years of the 16th century that the municipalization of Bragança, from documents dated 1503.

The board of commissioners in Fulton County has a rather dry term for the revolt that is under way here: municipalization.

With such a major defeat, it appears that the elimination of the county government's home rule through total municipalization will not occur in the near future.

The Fabians, notably the Webbs, were also active advocates of municipalization.

Discusses the topic of the municipalization of public education in Puerto Rico.

This complaint, which has spawned the term "municipalization," centers on care for growing numbers of people without any health insurance or on Medicaid.

Mr. Kessel said that despite his personal opinion on municipalization of utilities, condemning the assets was illegal.

Mussolini also opposed municipalization of enterprises.

He spyies on Luthor and his associates, and distrusts technology and municipalization.

In the U.S., municipalization often refers to incorporation of an entire county into its municipalities, leaving no unincorporated areas.

In another, larger example, Fulton County, Georgia, which includes the city of Atlanta, is currently undergoing full municipalization.