public entity

collocation in English

meaningsofpublicandentity

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public
adjective
uk
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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entity
noun[C]
uk
/ˈen.tɪ.ti/us
/ˈen.t̬ə.t̬i/
something that exists apart from other things, having its own ...
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(Definition ofpublicandentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpublic entity

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Although it is common today to think of business corporations as quintessentially private enterprises, the business corporation first emerged in the nineteenth century as a distinctlypublicentity.
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It is apublicentityand its five-member board of directors is publicly elected.
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The utility charged water tariffs and was a legally and financially autonomouspublicentityto be operated based on commercial principles.
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Subdivision requires fulfillment of conditions of approval which include formation of a community services district or otherpublicentityto manage utilities.
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Thepublicentitycontinues to own the assets.
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Federal law at the time required that all airports providing passenger service had to be owned by somepublicentity.
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As a result, the museum became apublicentity.
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Initially, members of the association had been frustrated by the lack of apublicentitythat could advise and defend them.
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This means that they're either owned by apublicentity(such as a local government) or by a private actor.
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In 1955, the government formally recognized the school which became apublicentityin 1960.
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Usually, these strategies are chosen and enforced by high-level public entities and therefore many institutions are obliged to support them.
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However, this definition of the public debt does not include the considerable debt of other public entities.
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Furthermore, public entities, with few exceptions,26 are legally obliged to co-operate with the ombudsman's investigations.
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By this he means that no matter what private understandings and/or misunderstandings we may have of somepublicentity, it is still there before us in reality.
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In this context, thepublicentityis usually able to demonstrate that it was bargaining in good faith if the offer made was based on an independent appraisal.
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The district is an independentpublicentity.
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It is apublicentityanonymous company.
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I argue that one specific feature of early state laws, the reliance on private rather than public entities to underwrite insurance policies for employers, was indeed portentous.
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The result of this simplification would be a reduction in administrative costs for public entities.
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