the public sectornoun [ S ]
uk/ˈpʌb.lɪk ˌsek.tər/us/ˈpʌb.lɪk ˌsek.tɚ/businesses and industries that are owned or controlled by the government:
Most doctors work in the public sector.
public sector workers such as nurses or teachers
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enterprises
- acquirer
- acquiror
- agency
- airline
- answering service
- auction house
- carrier
- collective
- enterprise
- est
- establishment
- firm
- fragmented
- franchise
- outfit
- plc
- private company
- private practice
- Pty
- public company
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