public sector

See also: public-sector

English

Alternative forms

• public-sector (as adjective)

Etymology

public + sector

Noun

public sector (plural public sectors)

1. Any government and all entities that are controlled or funded by it.
   • 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:

     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 income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.

   • 2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “CILT report urges £50m infill electrification schemes”, in RAIL, number 979, page 9:

     Worth said: "We have distribution companies wanting to decarbonise. We have freight hauliers wanting to invest in electric locomotives. All we need to make that happen is the public sector's contribution. […] "

Translations

government and entities

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公共部門／公共部门 (gōnggòng bùmén)

• Finnish: julkinen sektori, julkissektori (fi)
• French: secteur public (fr) m
• German: öffentliche Hand (de) f, öffentlicher Sektor m
• Greek: δημόσιος τομέας (el) m (dimósios toméas)
• Japanese: 公共セクター (kōkyō-sekutā)
• Maori: rāngai tūmatanui, rāngai kāwanatanga
• Portuguese: setor público m
• Russian: госуда́рственный се́ктор m (gosudárstvennyj séktor), госсе́ктор (ru) m (gosséktor)
• Scottish Gaelic: roinn phoblach f
• Spanish: sector público m
• Swahili: sekta ya umma
• Swedish: offentlig sektor (sv) c

Adjective

public sector (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a public sector.

See also

• private sector