Nationalising, also referred to as state ownership or government takeover, is the process of bringing privately owned industries or services under state supervision and control. This can involve a takeover of company shares, nationalisation of assets or outright expropriation. Some synonyms for nationalising include public ownership, socialisation, communalisation, collectivisation, and state control. Public ownership refers to the transfer of ownership from private to public ownership. Socialisation, which is the transfer of assets or the control of industry to social ownership, is also a synonym to nationalising. Communalisation involves making resources available to the community; collectivisation is when people contribute resources to achieve a common goal. State control is when a government body has control over a particular industry or sector.