public service
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Noun [edit]
public service (plural public services)
- (US) A service asserted to be for the public good provided by a for-profit enterprise or trade association.
- This has been a public service announcement from the Advertising Council.
- (UK) A service, usually provided by the government, for the general public or its specific section.
- 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
- In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]
- 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
Translations [edit]
service by for-profit enterprise
service for general public or its section
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