government : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government
  local department.
  

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• noun a department of the federal government of the United States
  federal office; federal department.
  

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• noun a government with strong central powers
  

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• noun the members of a social organization who are in power
  political system.
  

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• noun an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
  GAO; Government Accounting Office.
  

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• noun the act of governing; exercising authority
  administration; governance; governing; government.
  
  • regulations for the governing of state prisons
  • he had considerable experience of government

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• noun an administrative unit of government
  office; agency; authority; bureau; federal agency.
  
  • the Central Intelligence Agency
  • the Census Bureau
  • Office of Management and Budget
  • Tennessee Valley Authority

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• noun a representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government
  

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• noun a bond that is an IOU of the United States Treasury; considered the safest security in the investment world
  

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• noun a building that houses a branch of government
  

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• noun a department of government
  

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• noun income available to the government
  government income.
  

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• noun supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
  military issue; issue.
  

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• noun a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  G-man; FBI agent.
  

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• noun a person appointed to a high office in the government
  minister.
  
  • Minister of Finance

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• noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
  bank bill; banknote; bill; banker's bill; note; Federal Reserve note; bank note; greenback.
  
  • he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes

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• noun an office where government employees work
  

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• noun people elected or appointed to administer a government
  officialdom.
  

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• noun an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government
  Government Printing Office; GPO; United States Government Printing Office.
  

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• noun income available to the government
  government income.
  

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• noun a security issued by United States government agencies or the Farm Credit System
  agency security.
  

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• noun a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated
  

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• noun the government of a local area
  

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• noun government by the military and an army
  stratocracy.
  

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• noun the government of a municipality
  

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• (Polit. Science), the assumption by the governing power of a quasi-fatherly relation to the people, involving strict and intimate supervision of their business and social concerns, upon the theory that they are incapable of managing their own afffairs.

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• government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs. Colloq.

Webster 1913

• noun a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed
  puppet state; pupet regime.
  

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• noun government of a political unit by its own people
  self-rule; self-determination.
  

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Self`-gov"ern*ment noun

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1. The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.
2. Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy.

   It is to self-government, the great principle of popular representation and administration, -- the system that lets in all to participate in the councels that are to assign the good or evil to all, -- that we may owe what we are and what we hope to be. D. Webster.

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• noun the government of a state in the United States
  

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• noun the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
  United States government; U.S.; United States; U.S. government.
  

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• noun the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
  United States government; U.S.; United States; U.S. government.
  

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• noun an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
  GAO; Government Accounting Office.
  

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• noun an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government
  Government Printing Office; GPO; United States Government Printing Office.
  

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• noun the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
  United States government; U.S.; United States; U.S. government.
  

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• noun an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government
  Government Printing Office; GPO; United States Government Printing Office.
  

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