public-sector
adjective [ before noun ]
ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT ukusused to refer to businesses and industries that are owned or controlled by the government, or things that are related to these businesses and industries:
public-sector employees/workers/managers Unions have rejected the government's pay offer for public-sector workers.
Many fear that the country is heading for a public-sector debt crisis.
public-sector bodies/organizations/unions
public-sector jobs/pay/spending
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