third sector

noun

1. the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.

third sector

noun

1. another name for the voluntary sector

Other Words From

• third-sector adjective

Example Sentences

Although third sector groups are often hired by local authorities to provide public services, they are not currently expected to be reimbursed for the higher National Insurance contributions under Labour's plans.

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The message should be sent out to the third sector that this is unacceptable.

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She was told by a sheriff she had "systematically and deliberately" perpetrated "calculating" frauds on the third sector organisations, and "betrayed" cancer victims.

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Third sector groups which welcomed the principle of a new system sound increasingly exhausted by the way the policy development has played out.

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"As third sector organisations who have been providing direct support to the most vulnerable in our communities, we know that having free bus travel would have a positive impact by providing support and connection with others, as well as allowing access to education, advice and advocacy."

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