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Definition of quango in English: quangonounPlural quangos ˈkwaŋɡəʊˈkwæŋɡoʊ British derogatory A semi-public administrative body outside the civil service but receiving financial support from the government, which makes senior appointments to it. Example sentencesExamples - Growing evidence shows that a government quango fixed the exam results to lower students' grades.
- Elected assemblies will draw their powers mainly from central government, its agencies and quangos not from local government.
- A radical devolution would challenge vested interests in Scotland - in the quangos, local government and business.
- The word among property agents is that buildings are attracting just as much interest from government back offices and quangos as banks and fund managers.
- He has now written to the Learning and Skills Council, the government quango responsible for over-16s education, to ask them to look at the anomaly.
- He sits on many influential health forums, quangos and charities, and donated £5,000 to the Labour Party last year.
- Councils, health boards and quangos all offer the promise of secure employment and - increasingly importantly - guaranteed pension deals.
- The process has been taking place for some time with the growth of bureaucracy in national and local governments, plus quangos and large areas of administration like the European Union.
- Appointments to non-departmental bodies like quangos are subject to the scrutiny of the Public Appointments Commission.
- Despite ministerial promises of rich pickings and public support from various quangos, it appears that only a few scraps will be handed out to Scottish firms.
- And health provision is controlled by Swindon's primary care trust an unelected quango with councillors confined to an advisory role.
- However, government ministers, the devolved assemblies, local authorities, quangos and all public bodies will be subject to the Convention.
- It was in quangos and organizations outside the direct control of the government that women activists were most successful in struggling for better economic and political opportunities.
- Meanwhile, government bodies, quangos and initiatives are constantly being rebranded.
- Her salary compared poorly, in most cases, with those of other senior administrators in Scotland's quangos and arts bodies.
- Council sources admitted the chief executive is ‘regularly approached’ about top jobs by councils, quangos and other bodies across the country.
- Finally it also makes it far harder for quangos and lobbyists to influence government policy when any legislation can be easily derailed and brought to a popular vote.
- Let us judge whether people are fit to represent us, not these unelected, unaccountable standards quangos, committees and commissioners.
- Their frustrations and ire were directed at a dithering Government and bungling quangos, not those who promote the sport in this country.
- Local authorities, health boards and quangos will also be expected to merge their administrative wings, to reduce duplication.
Synonyms committee, council, panel, directorate, commission, group, delegation, delegates, trustees, panel of trustees, convocation
Origin 1970s (originally US): acronym from quasi (or quasi-autonomous) non-government(al) organization. Rhymes charango, Durango, fandango, mango, Okavango, Sango, tango Definition of quango in US English: quangonounˈkwaNGɡōˈkwæŋɡoʊ British derogatory A semipublic administrative body outside the civil service but receiving financial support from the government, which makes senior appointments to it. Example sentencesExamples - The word among property agents is that buildings are attracting just as much interest from government back offices and quangos as banks and fund managers.
- Council sources admitted the chief executive is ‘regularly approached’ about top jobs by councils, quangos and other bodies across the country.
- Finally it also makes it far harder for quangos and lobbyists to influence government policy when any legislation can be easily derailed and brought to a popular vote.
- The process has been taking place for some time with the growth of bureaucracy in national and local governments, plus quangos and large areas of administration like the European Union.
- Growing evidence shows that a government quango fixed the exam results to lower students' grades.
- Her salary compared poorly, in most cases, with those of other senior administrators in Scotland's quangos and arts bodies.
- He has now written to the Learning and Skills Council, the government quango responsible for over-16s education, to ask them to look at the anomaly.
- A radical devolution would challenge vested interests in Scotland - in the quangos, local government and business.
- Despite ministerial promises of rich pickings and public support from various quangos, it appears that only a few scraps will be handed out to Scottish firms.
- Elected assemblies will draw their powers mainly from central government, its agencies and quangos not from local government.
- Councils, health boards and quangos all offer the promise of secure employment and - increasingly importantly - guaranteed pension deals.
- However, government ministers, the devolved assemblies, local authorities, quangos and all public bodies will be subject to the Convention.
- Their frustrations and ire were directed at a dithering Government and bungling quangos, not those who promote the sport in this country.
- And health provision is controlled by Swindon's primary care trust an unelected quango with councillors confined to an advisory role.
- Appointments to non-departmental bodies like quangos are subject to the scrutiny of the Public Appointments Commission.
- Let us judge whether people are fit to represent us, not these unelected, unaccountable standards quangos, committees and commissioners.
- It was in quangos and organizations outside the direct control of the government that women activists were most successful in struggling for better economic and political opportunities.
- Meanwhile, government bodies, quangos and initiatives are constantly being rebranded.
- He sits on many influential health forums, quangos and charities, and donated £5,000 to the Labour Party last year.
- Local authorities, health boards and quangos will also be expected to merge their administrative wings, to reduce duplication.
Synonyms committee, council, panel, directorate, commission, group, delegation, delegates, trustees, panel of trustees, convocation
Origin 1970s (originally US): acronym from quasi (or quasi-autonomous) non-government(al) organization. |