Government departments and public bodies - synonyms or related words

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administration
NOUN

the activity of governing a country or region

agency
NOUN

a government department, or an organization connected with a government,

that deals with a particular subject

branch
NOUN

a part of the government with a particular responsibility. The three branches of

government are the legislative branch (=the legislature that makes laws), the executive
branch (=the president who governs according to those laws), and the judicial branch
(=the judges and courts who make certain that the laws are used correctly).

the Bureau
NOUN

a government department or part of a government department

the civil service

NOUN

a countrys government departments and the people who work in them

Corp.
ABBREVIATION

corporation

corporation
NOUN

BRITISH the local government of a city

council
NOUN

an organization that provides local government in a city, county, etc.

council
NOUN

belonging to or relating to a council

customs
NOUN

ECONOMICS a government department that collects taxes on goods that people bring into
a country

directorate
NOUN

a part of a government department that deals with a particular area of activity

the executive
NOUN

LEGAL the executive branch of government

the executive branch

NOUN

the part of government that makes certain that laws are being used as planned. The other
two parts of government are the legislative branch and the judicial branch.

high commission
NOUN

the office that the government of one Commonwealth country has in another
Commonwealth country, similar to an embassy

intelligence
NOUN

a government organization that collects information about

the secret plans and activities of a foreign government, enemy, etc.

the Interior
NOUN

the government department that is responsible for things that happen within a country,
not for relations between that country and others

the judicial branch

NOUN

the part of government that includes all the judges and courts in a country. The other parts
of government are the executive branch and the legislative branch.

the judiciary
NOUN

MAINLY BRITISH the judicial branch of government

legation
NOUN
MAINLY BRITISHan office in a foreign country where representatives of your own government
work or live. It is less important than an embassy.

local government
NOUN

the organizations that provide public services in

a particular town or area, controlled by officials chosen in local elections

ministry
NOUN

a government department in the U.K. and some other countries, or the building from
which it operates

municipality
NOUN

the local government of a place

national assembly
NOUN

in some countries, an elected institution that has the power to rule

NDPB
NOUN

non-departmental public body:

an organization that advises the government on particular policy areas or
that provides a publicservice, but is not a government department

NGO
NOUN
non-governmental organization: an organization which is neither a government
department, nor a business operating for profit. NGOs are often paid for by the
government and may work with government departments, but they are independent of the
government.

office
NOUN

a government department

officialdom
NOUN

government departments, or the people who work in them. This word usually shows that
you dislike these people, because you think they are not helpful.

Parliament
NOUN

the main law-making institution in some countries. In the U.K., Parliament consists of
politicians elected to the House of Commons and members of the House of Lords

press office
NOUN

a department of a government or other organization that

is responsible for dealing with reporters

public body
NOUN

an organization whose work is part of the process of government, but is not

a government department

secretariat
NOUN
a government department

secret service
NOUN

a government department that secret agents work for

the separation of powers

NOUN

the principle by which the responsibilities of

the state are separated into distinct branches, usually the legislature, the judiciary, and
the executive, in order to stop any one branch having too much power

service
NOUN

an organization that does work for a government

the Treasury
NOUN

the government department responsible for a countrys financial matters