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public sectors

public sectors is the plural of public sector.

Meaning of public sector

Noun

public sector (plural public sectors)

  1. Any government and all entities that are controlled or funded by it.
    • It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the...2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19

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Questions about public sectors

What is public sectors the plural of?
Public sectors is the plural of public sector.

Words near public sectors in the dictionary

  1. public safety announcement
  2. public safety announcements
  3. public school
  4. public schools
  5. public sector
  6. public sectors
  7. public servant
  8. public servants
  9. public service
  10. public service announcement
  11. public service announcements

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