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public authority

public authority noun: any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life, such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc.

Noun

public authority (plural public authorities)

  1. Any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life, such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc.
  2. In a wider sense also various chartered organisations holding their authority from the above without being run by public officials

public authority meaning in Tamil

public authority in Tamil

பொது அதிகார அமைப்பு

Forms of public authority

pluralpublic authorities

Questions about public authority

What does public authority mean?
Public authority means any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life, such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc.
What is public authority in Tamil?
Public authority in Tamil is பொது அதிகார அமைப்பு. See Public authority meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is public authority?
Public authority is a noun.
What is the plural of public authority?
The plural of public authority is public authorities.

Words near public authority in the dictionary

  1. public address systems
  2. public administration
  3. public art
  4. public assistance
  5. public authorities
  6. public authority
  7. public bodies
  8. public body
  9. public bookcase
  10. public bookcases
  11. public charge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: public authority (page history and authors); public authority (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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