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public service
noun
1.
the business of supplying an essential commodity, as gas or electricity, or a service, as transportation, to the general public.
2.
government employment; civil service.
3.
a service to the public rendered without charge by a profit-making organization: This radio program has been brought to you as a public service.
Origin:
1560–70
1560–70
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Public service
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| public service | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. government employment |
| b. the management and administration of the affairs of a political unit, esp the civil service | |
| 2. | a. a service provided for the community: buses provide a public service |
| b. (as modifier): a public-service announcement | |
| 3. | (Austral), (NZ) British equivalent: civil service the service responsible for the public administration of the government of a country. It excludes the legislative, judicial, and military branches. Members of the public service have no official political allegiance and are not generally affected by changes of governments |
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