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Public service

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A service performed for the public good. countable, uncountable

    "They feel that public service is a noble calling that calls for every citizen in one way or another."

  2. 2
    employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) wordnet
  3. 3
    A service such as health care, transport, or waste removal provided to the general public, often by the government. countable

    "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]"

  4. 4
    a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions wordnet
  5. 5
    The organisation, department or business providing such a service. countable
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  1. 6
    Government employment, especially in the civil service. uncountable

    "In spite of more than three decades of public service, I knew I was an unknown quantity to many of my countrymen and to much of the world when I assumed office."

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