单词 | parapublic |
释义 | parapublicadj. Chiefly Canadian. Especially of an organization or service: partially funded, owned, or operated by the government. ΚΠ 1967 tr. in Transl. Afr. (U.S. Dept. Commerce) No. 545. 8 The production sector is concerned only with agricultural production.., the development of industrial production being mainly the province of private initiative or parapublic organisms [Fr. organismes para-publics]. 1992 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 20 Nov. b2 The effects of the recession..were less devastating for francophones, who are largely present in the public and parapublic sector, than for anglophones, largely present in the private sector. 2014 Windsor (Ont.) Star (Electronic ed.) 15 Nov. a16 Many public and parapublic organizations have adopted more stringent ethics norms. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1967 |
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