public accounts
1public accounts — [plural] ► GOVERNMENT, FINANCE the set of official records that show the financial situation of government departments and what they have spent, received, borrowed, etc. in a particular period: »At the end of the year, the objective of the… …
2Public Accounts Committee — refers to a committee in the legislature of one of the following countries: *Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom) of the British House of Commons*Public Accounts Committee (Canada) (officially Standing Committee on Public Accounts, PACP) of …
3Public Accounts Committee — ˌPublic Acˈcounts Comˌmittee abbreviation PAC noun ACCOUNTING a committee set up by the British parliament to check that money is being spent correctly by the government, without waste, corruption etc compare National Audit Office * * * …
4Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom) — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) (strictly, the Committee of Public Accounts) is a select committee of the British House of Commons. It is responsible for overseeing government expenditures to ensure they are effective and honest. The PAC is… …
5Committee of Public Accounts — Comˌmittee of ˌPublic Acˈcounts noun ACCOUNTING FINANCE a group of members of the House of Commons in Britain who have been chosen to check that the spending of government departments has been according to levels agreed in parliament; = PUBLIC… …
6Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts — of Texas 120px Incumbent Susan Combs since January 1, 2007 …
7Ministry of Budget, Public Accounts and Civil Administration — The Ministry of Budget, Public Accounts and Civil Administration of France is a ministry that was created by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007, when he split the Ministry of Finance and Economy into a ministry of budget and a Minister of… …
8Public Accounts Committee — An influential investigative committee of the House of Commons that cuts across departmental boundaries, established by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gladstone in 1861 and responsible for overseeing government expenditures to ensure they are… …
9Public-private partnership — (PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. These schemes are sometimes referred to as PPP or P3.In some types of PPP …
10public account — ➔ account1 * * * public account UK US noun [C] ► BANKING, GOVERNMENT a bank account in which a government department or other government organization keeps its money: »Parliamentary authorisation for payments from the Public Account is not… …
