- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
decentralize. “In what ways does the Internet facilitate
decentralizes markets?” “Our Constitution decentralizes our
election procedures over 13,000 counties and towns, with each
counting its votes in its own way.” “American and international
pledges to aid Afghanistan won't stabilize the country unless
Afghan President Hamid Karzai tackles corruption and
decentralizes power, write Caroline Wadhams and Colin Cookman of
the Center for American Progress.” “Examples include innovations
like the Toxic Release Inventory, which allows citizens to find
out about health risks posed by local polluters; market
incentives like carbon pricing and the cap-and-trade system
first set up in 1990 to combat acid rain; and "civic
environmentalism," which decentralizes decisions about, say, how
to manage habitat vital to endangered species, from Washington
regulators to local landowners.” “New technology can be built
that removes the middle man or at least decentralize