government (noun)
31government watchdog group — UK US noun [C] US GOVERNMENT ► GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG(Cf. ↑government watchdog) …
32government watchdog organization — UK US noun [C] US GOVERNMENT ► GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG(Cf. ↑government watchdog) …
33government — government, governance Note the n in the middle of government (based on the word govern with the noun suffix ment), and that it should be pronounced as well as written. Government is the workaday word for the system by which a state or community… …
34government activity — noun the act of governing; exercising authority regulations for the governing of state prisons he had considerable experience of government • Syn: ↑government, ↑governing, ↑governance, ↑administration • Derivationally related forms …
35government department — noun a department of government • Hypernyms: ↑department, ↑section • Hyponyms: ↑ministry, ↑treasury, ↑local department, ↑department of local government, ↑Special Branch …
36Government Printing Office — noun an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government • Syn: ↑United States Government Printing Office, ↑US Government Printing Office,… …
37government expenditure — noun That part of public expenditure incurred by central government (as opposed to local government authorities and non government public offices) • • • Main Entry: ↑govern …
38government stroke — noun The deliberately slow pace of work supposed to be typical of government workers. Why not just leave things as they are and say, We are going to run this government organisation efficiently; we are going to make sure that the government… …
39government man — noun a) A representative of the government. 1888: Whatever it was that had happened to him in the old times when he was a Government man he didn’t talk about. mdash; , Robbery Under Arms [ …
40government — noun 1) the government announced further cuts Syn: administration, executive, regime, authority, powers that be, directorate, council, leadership; cabinet, ministry; informal feds; (the government) Washington 2) her job was the government of the… …
