Talk:public sector

RFD discussion: November 2017–July 2018

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public sector

Rfd-sense: The three definitions look redundant to me. I would want to combine them into one. Most of the "competition" on OneLook seems to be happy with one definition. Only Collins has two definitions, one of which is tagged "British":

Oxford: The part of an economy that is controlled by the government.

Collins: part of a country's economy which is controlled or supported financially by the government.

Collins (British): the part of an economy that consists of state-owned institutions, including nationalized industries and services provided by local authorities

Cambridge: businesses and industries that are owned or controlled by the government.

Dictionary.com: the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.

MacMillan: the industries and services, for example schools, that are supported by tax money and controlled by the government of a country or an area

--Hekaheka (talk) 12:43, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

I also can’t tell the difference between the three senses. We can merge them all, unless someone can find some usage examples that apply to each sense and not to the others. — Ungoliant ^(falai) 12:27, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

I agree with the above. I see no worthwhile distinction. I also question the "Any government" part of sense 1. I don't really think of the actual government as being part of the "public sector". Do other people? Mihia (talk) 21:56, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

@Mihia I think the cabinet/administration isn't considered part of the public sector, but the government apparatus generally is. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 14:13, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

• I would also support a merging of the three senses. It would be difficult to find attestations which clearly demarcate them. ---> Tooironic (talk) 01:59, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Delete senses 2 and 3, remove "and deliver public services" from sense 1 and that should cover it nicely. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 14:13, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Merge into one sense, assuming no one can show quotations that support there being multiple definitions. Senses were added by User:Iudexvivorum (diff), who is now Judexvivorum (talk • contribs). --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:32, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

I second Bingo's delete plan. --SanctMinimalicen (talk) 03:07, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Senses deleted as proposed by User:Lingo Bingo Dingo. bd2412 T 04:13, 1 July 2018 (UTC)