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public sector

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

Origin:
1950–55
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public sector

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

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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