Definition of centralization in English:
centralization
(British centralisation)
noun sɛntrəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nsɛntrələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun1The concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority.
the centralization of all financial power in the hands of its leaders
increasing centralization of control over logistical planning
Example sentencesExamples
- The drive toward centralization had transformed the legacy of the industrial revolution from that of world peace to one of a world at war.
- It is true that many partisans of centralization resisted the protectionist logic of their position.
- One of the first casualties of the illiberal centralization of power characteristic of democracy has been the loss of local autonomy.
- This sort of economic and political centralization is the really problematic legacy of colonialism.
- We are examining the extent of centralization in the tax systems of these countries.
- The best way to limit power is to limit centralization.
- Centralization is the systematic retention of control by executive management.
- He distinguished their culture as opposing centralization and seeking anarchist revolution.
- The official decrees of the 1579 Grands Jours indicate the obstacles to centralization under the king.
- The prospect of centralization generates political resistance from groups that stand to lose from the redistribution of financial resources.
- 1.1 The action or process of bringing activities together in one place.
greater centralization of food production
Example sentencesExamples
- Centralization of all project information offers several advantages over traditional project management approaches.
- Rural doctors are combining to defeat proposals that favor the centralization of specialist services in a few regional hospitals.
- A new report that encourages the centralization of cancer services could mean the end of such treatments at Mayo General.
- This guides the collection and centralization of all data critical to facility operations and maintenance.
- The committee has proposed computerization of facilities as well as centralization of collection and distribution of drugs so as to ensure quality.
- Site-selection criteria included shuttle flight schedule, facility utilization, and centralization of operations.
- I don't know anything about the centralization of staff, but that is the prevailing trend at the moment.
- It's standardization of reports, back-office functions, centralization of purchasing, and things like that that are going to give us more mobility.
- This is best accomplished by centralization of security monitoring functions, often using corporate-wide area networks for data transmission.
- I raised my concern over centralization in the administration of intravenous chemotherapy.
Definition of centralization in US English:
centralization
(British centralisation)
nounsɛntrələˈzeɪʃ(ə)nsentrələˈzāSH(ə)n
1The concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority.
the centralization of all financial power in the hands of its leaders
increasing centralization of control over logistical planning
Example sentencesExamples
- We are examining the extent of centralization in the tax systems of these countries.
- The prospect of centralization generates political resistance from groups that stand to lose from the redistribution of financial resources.
- Centralization is the systematic retention of control by executive management.
- The drive toward centralization had transformed the legacy of the industrial revolution from that of world peace to one of a world at war.
- The official decrees of the 1579 Grands Jours indicate the obstacles to centralization under the king.
- One of the first casualties of the illiberal centralization of power characteristic of democracy has been the loss of local autonomy.
- He distinguished their culture as opposing centralization and seeking anarchist revolution.
- The best way to limit power is to limit centralization.
- This sort of economic and political centralization is the really problematic legacy of colonialism.
- It is true that many partisans of centralization resisted the protectionist logic of their position.
- 1.1 The action or process of bringing activities together in one place.
greater centralization of food production
Example sentencesExamples
- Site-selection criteria included shuttle flight schedule, facility utilization, and centralization of operations.
- Centralization of all project information offers several advantages over traditional project management approaches.
- Rural doctors are combining to defeat proposals that favor the centralization of specialist services in a few regional hospitals.
- It's standardization of reports, back-office functions, centralization of purchasing, and things like that that are going to give us more mobility.
- This is best accomplished by centralization of security monitoring functions, often using corporate-wide area networks for data transmission.
- A new report that encourages the centralization of cancer services could mean the end of such treatments at Mayo General.
- I raised my concern over centralization in the administration of intravenous chemotherapy.
- This guides the collection and centralization of all data critical to facility operations and maintenance.
- I don't know anything about the centralization of staff, but that is the prevailing trend at the moment.
- The committee has proposed computerization of facilities as well as centralization of collection and distribution of drugs so as to ensure quality.