public sector
the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
Origin of public sector
1- Compare private sector.
Words Nearby public sector
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use public sector in a sentence
In essence, the conventional association of the private sector with short-term, private interests and the public sector with long-term public welfare has begun to turn on its head.
The Public Trusts Businesses Over Government to Solve Our Problems. But We Need Both to Try | Colin Mayer | February 3, 2021 | TimeThe site claims 47% of its visitors are male, with the public sector, technology and marketing and communications among the most popular industries.
‘There’s huge cultural stigma around role of dads’: More men are requesting flexible working | Jessica Davies | February 2, 2021 | DigidayThey can adopt regulations that shape financial markets and clarify the risks of climate change to the private and public sectors.
Bill Gates: Here's a Formula That Explains Where We Need to Invest in Climate Innovation | Bill Gates | January 22, 2021 | TimeIn 2010, when I joined Amazon Web Services to start our worldwide public sector business, relatively few people in the world knew what cloud computing was.
There’s no better time than now to build a better pipeline for women in tech | Andrew Nusca | January 11, 2021 | FortuneBy enabling researchers in private and public sectors to pool their scientific and technical expertise, we can make a dent in the next crisis before it balloons, preventing harm and creating prosperity in the process.
public sector unions create a genuine political conundrum for Democrats.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats | Daniel DiSalvo | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTpublic sector unions have also fractured the labor movement itself.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats | Daniel DiSalvo | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHow does it happen that citizens of modest means suffer as public sector unions gain?
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats | Daniel DiSalvo | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd now, the plan is not only to decimate public-sector unions, but all unions—to deplete the money they can spend on politics.
The Next Phase of the Koch Brothers’ War on Unions | Carl Deal and Tia Lessin | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRepublicans loathe public sector unions—unless they represent cops or firefighters.
These economies are also likely to sport a largish public sector, most of it service oriented.
After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
British Dictionary definitions for public sector
the part of an economy that consists of state-owned institutions, including nationalized industries and services provided by local authorities: Compare private sector
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for public sector
That part of the economy controlled by the government. (Compare private sector.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Browse