public sector

noun

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

public sector

the part of an economy that consists of state-owned institutions, including nationalized industries and services provided by local authorities Compare private sector

public sector

That part of the economy controlled by the government. ( Compare private sector .)

First recorded in 1950–55

Public sector unions create a genuine political conundrum for Democrats.

Public sector unions have also fractured the labor movement itself.

How does it happen that citizens of modest means suffer as public sector unions gain?

And now, the plan is not only to decimate public-sector unions, but all unions—to deplete the money they can spend on politics.

Republicans loathe public sector unions—unless they represent cops or firefighters.

These economies are also likely to sport a largish public sector, most of it service oriented.

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