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public-private partnerships

public-private partnerships is the plural of public-private partnership.

Meaning of public-private partnership

Noun

public-private partnership (plural public-private partnerships, abbreviation PPP or P3)

  1. An arrangement by which one or more private firms agrees to fund, create, or operate a facility, service, or other element of public infrastructure (such as a school, hospital, or highway) which is usually the sole responsibility of government, in return for all or some of the revenue generated by that facility or service.
    • Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay, who will lead the administration's side of the fight, has long argued that power resources should be developed through a public-private partnership, with private enterprise being given projects that it is willing and able to build.1955 Aug, Jack Steele, “Hell Breaks Loose Over Hell's Canyon”, in Florence Times, Alabama, USA, retrieved 15 Oct 2012, page 6

Questions about public-private partnerships

What is public-private partnerships the plural of?
Public-private partnerships is the plural of public-private partnership.

Words near public-private partnerships in the dictionary

  1. public-house
  2. public-houses
  3. public-key cryptography
  4. public-minded
  5. public-private partnership
  6. public-private partnerships
  7. public-relations
  8. public-school
  9. public-schools
  10. public-sector
  11. public-service announcement

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