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public sector

nounB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

The public sector is the part of the economy run by the state. Work in the public sector.

Pay is lower and pensions are better, which is a bargain made decades ago. The public sector is about a fifth of employment in Britain and most of the healthcare.

Definitions of public sector

  1. 1nounpublic sectorThe part of the economy run by the state.B2

    “The public sector froze pay for three years running.”

public sector is a sector.

Where it comes from

Public plus sector; the pairing with private sector dates from the mid twentieth century.

public + sector

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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