Government
//ˈɡʌv.ɚ.mənt//
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Noun
The word "government" can be used as a noun.
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arm citizens arm citizens with weapons arm guerilla army arm militia bug office bus students condition thought demand taxes from citizens devided into sectors employs people to carry out research force citizens to comply get money govern country incur deficit let people get government jobs place ideas into mind require to pay taxes school children serve public short taxes stop freedom subject citizens to heavy taxation supplies money to fund research take money
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G2P G2Px Jewish occupation government Zionist occupation government anti-government antigovernment band government branch of government caretaker government central government close enough for government work countergovernment cybergovernment e-government eGovernment form of government good enough for government work government agent government bond government cheese government debt government expenditure government failure government house government in exile government issue government man government name government note government purchases government security government shutdown government spending government stroke government take government trophy government wharf government-in-exile government-owned and controlled corporation government-to-person governmental governmentese governmentish governmentism governmentist governmentless governmentlike governmentwide governmentwise governmenty govware head of government in government machine of government malgovernment microgovernment misgovernment non-government nongovernment pro-government progovernment pseudogovernment quasigovernment rotation government seat of government self-government selfgovernment subgovernment supergovernment undergovernment
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aristocracy autarchy autocracy biarchy big government bigmanism centumvirate chiliarchy consulate decadarchy decarchy decemvirate democracy despotism diarchy dictatorship dodecarchy duarchy duodecimate duodecimvirate duopoly duumvirate eparchy federal government feudalism governate government-general hecatarchy hecatontarchy heptarchy hexarchy interim government invisible government kleptocracy local government majority government meritocracy military government millionocracy millocracy minority government monarchy monocracy municipal government myriarchy novemvirate octarchy octovirate oligarchy parliamentary government pentarchy people's republic petticoat government plutocracy polyarchy presidency provisional government puppet government quadrumvirate quartumvirate quatrumvirate quattuorvirate quindecemvirate quingentumvirate quinquevirate regency representative government republic secret government septemvirate sevirate sextumvirate sexvirate shadow government tandemocracy tetradarchy tetrarchy theocracy triarchy triumvirate troika tyranny undecimvirate unitary government viceroyalty vigintivirate vizierate
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administration big body branches charge chief congress corruption country country management criminal criminal organization dc enforce federal federal organization force gopher gopher mint govern governing governing people governor in charge law laws legitimate making making laws management mint monopoly national national administration ocracy of country organization people policies political political administration political body political organization political structure ruling ruling body ruling organization senate senate congress state structure system tenure territory three three branches too too big washington washington dc
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