Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

public body

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

Syllables: pub-lic -body
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A formally established organisation that is (at least in part) publicly funded to deliver a public or government service, though not as a ministerial department.

Example Sentences

"Network Rail's East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) should lead the way for a national digital signalling programme and other major schemes under the new Great British Railways public body."

Inflected Forms

public bodies (plural)

Derived Forms

NDPB

Questions

What does public body mean?: A formally established organisation that is (at least in part) publicly funded to deliver a public or government service, though not as a ministerial department.

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