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public body

public body noun: a formally established organisation that is (at least in part) publicly funded to deliver a public or government service, though not as a ministerial department.

Noun

public body (plural public bodies)

  1. A formally established organisation that is (at least in part) publicly funded to deliver a public or government service, though not as a ministerial department.
    • Network Rail's East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) should lead the way for a national digital signalling programme and other major schemes under the new Great British Railways public body.2022 January 26, “Network News: RIA lauds East Coast programme as default model for GBR”, in RAIL, number 949, page 11

public body meaning in Tamil and Kannada

public body in Tamil

பொது அமைப்பு

public body in Kannada

ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಸಂಘ

Forms of public body

pluralpublic bodies

Words formed from public body

Questions about public body

What does public body mean?
Public body means a formally established organisation that is (at least in part) publicly funded to deliver a public or government service, though not as a ministerial department.
What is public body in Tamil?
Public body in Tamil is பொது அமைப்பு. See Public body meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is public body?
Public body is a noun.
What is the plural of public body?
The plural of public body is public bodies.

Words near public body in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: public body (page history and authors); public body (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); public body (Kannada 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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