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单词 government expenditure
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govern /guvˈərn/

transitive verb
  1. To direct
  2. To control
  3. To rule with authority
  4. To determine
  5. To determine the case of (grammar)
  6. To require as the case of a noun or pronoun (grammar)
intransitive verb
  1. To exercise authority
  2. To administer the laws
ORIGIN: OFr governer, from L gubernāre, from Gr kybernaein to steer

governabilˈity noun

govˈernable adjective

govˈernall noun (Spenser)

Government, management

govˈernance noun

  1. Government
  2. Control
  3. Direction
  4. Behaviour (obsolete)

govˈernante noun (obsolete)

A gouvernante

govˈerness noun

  1. A woman entrusted with the care and education of a child or children, esp one employed in a private household (nursery governess one having charge of young children only, tending as well as teaching them)
  2. A female governor (archaic; figurative, Milton)
intransitive verb

To act as governess

transitive verb

To be governess to

govˈernessy adjective

Like a governess, esp prim

govˈerning adjective

Having control

government /guvˈər(n)-mənt/ noun

  1. A ruling or managing
  2. Control
  3. A system of governing
  4. The body of persons authorized to administer the laws, or to govern a state (often with cap, esp if applied to that of a specific country)
  5. Tenure of office of someone who governs
  6. An administrative division (archaic)
  7. Territory (archaic)
  8. The power of one word in determining the case of another (grammar)
  9. Conduct (Shakespeare)
adjective

Of or pursued by government

governmental /-mentˈl/ adjective

Relating to government

governmentˈally adverb

govˈernor noun

  1. A real or titular ruler, esp of a state, province or colony
  2. The head of an institution or a member of its ruling body
  3. The commander of a fortress
  4. (usu /guvˈnər/) a father, chief or master, applied more generally in kindly, usu ironically respectful, address (sometimes shortened to gov or guv /guv/; slang)
  5. A regulator, or device for maintaining uniform velocity with a varying resistance (machinery)
  6. A tutor (obsolete)
  7. A pilot (of a vessel) (obsolete; Bible)

govˈernorate noun

govˈernorship noun

governess car or governess cart noun (historical)

A light low two-wheeled vehicle with face-to-face seats at the sides

governing body noun

A board in whom is vested the authority to supervise and regulate the affairs of an establishment or of a particular field of activity

governmental atonement see under Grotian

government broker noun

A stockbroker who buys and sells gilt-edged securities on the Stock Exchange on behalf of the Bank of England

government expenditure noun

That part of public expenditure incurred by central government (as opposed to local government authorities and non-government public offices)

government paper noun

Savings bonds and other such certificates issued by the government

government securities plural noun

Government paper (see above)

government stock noun

Consols, savings bonds and other gilt-edged securities

governor-genˈeral noun (pl governors-genˈeral)

  1. Orig the supreme governor of a country, etc, with deputy governors under him
  2. The representative of the British Crown in Commonwealth countries which recognize the monarch as head of state

governor-genˈeralship noun

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