💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Public body"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bodynoun | Physical frame. |
| public servicenoun | (countable) A service such as health care, transport, or waste removal provided to the general public, often by the government. |
| public utilitynoun | An organization that maintains the infrastructure for such a public service. |
| public sectornoun | Any government and all entities that are controlled or funded by it. |
| organnoun | The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions. |
| servicenoun | An act of being of assistance to someone. |
| public authoritynoun | Any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life, such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc. |
| public officenoun | (government) A position or occupation established by law or by the act of a government body, for the purpose of exercising the authority of the government in the service of the public. |
| state-owned enterprisenoun | A commercial business wholly or partly owned and operated by a central government. |
| non-governmental organizationnoun | A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control). |
| ministrynoun | Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity |
| security servicenoun | A government organization established to protect its nation and its secrets from enemies. |
| health servicenoun | a public (or private) service providing health care to the general public. |
| establishmentnoun | That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence. |
| social servicenoun | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
| governmentnoun | The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization. |
| authoritiesnoun | The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service. |
| quangonoun | (UK, government, often derogatory) An organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it. |
| public/private partnershipnoun | Alternative form of public-private partnership. [(business, government) An arrangement by which one or more private firms agrees to fund, create, or operate a facility, service, or other element of public infrastructure (such as a school, hospital, or highway) which is usually the sole responsibility of government, in return for all or some of the revenue generated by that facility or service.] |
| public administrationnoun | the implementation of public policy by governmental bodies; the administration of governmental functions; the administration of a state. |
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