Public sector
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any government and all entities that are controlled or funded by it.
"It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries."
- 1 Of or relating to a public sector. not-comparable
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More examples"It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries."
Etymology
public + sector