public sector
1public-sector — UK US adjective [before noun] ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT ► used to refer to businesses and industries that are owned or controlled by the government, or things that are related to these businesses and industries: public sector… …
2public sector — public .sector n the public sector the industries and services in a country that are owned and run by the government →the private sector in the public sector ▪ a job in the public sector ▪ public sector workers ▪ public sector housing …
3public sector — noun singular the industries and services, for example schools, that are supported by tax money and controlled by the government of a country or an area: The typical member of Senate has worked elsewhere in the public sector. public sector… …
4public sector — ➔ sector …
5public sector — n. The part of the economy controlled by the government, not by private individuals working for profit. See also private sector The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
6public sector — ► NOUN ▪ the part of an economy that is controlled by the state …
7Public sector — The public sector is the part of economic and administrative life that deals with the delivery of goods and services by and for the government, whether national, regional or local/municipal. Examples of public sector activity range from… …
8public sector — the area of the nation s affairs under governmental rather than private control. Cf. private sector. [1950 55] * * * noun [singular] : the part of an economy which is controlled or owned by the government She has a job in the public sector.… …
9public sector — N SING: the N The public sector is the part of a country s economy which is controlled or supported financially by the government. ...Carlos Menem s policy of reducing the public sector and opening up the economy to free market forces... To keep… …
10public sector — noun (singular) the industries and services in a country that are owned and run by the government: a job in the public sector | public sector employees compare private sector …