Look up: government

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   Government
   The regular enactment of policies, decisions and matters of state by officials within a political apparatus. We can speak of ‘government` as a process, or the government to refer to the political authorities overseeing the implementation of their policies by officials. While in the past virtually all governments were headed by monarchs or emperors, in most modern societies the political authorities are elected and their officials are appointed on the basis of expertise and qualifications.
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   government
   [n] - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit 2. [n] - the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed 3. [n] - the act of governing
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   Government
   formal organisations that direct the political life of a society
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   government
   Any system whereby political authority is exercised. Modern systems of government distinguish between liberal democracies, totalitarian (one-party) states, and autocracies (authoritarian, relying...
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   government
   The government of Rome during the Republic contained, apart from the senators, the following appointed officials: - 2 consuls who controlled the Senate and the Army and were entitled to a 12 (at a later date 16) lictor escort. - 4 aediles who looked after the streets, markets, public building projects and public games. - 20 quaestores who acted as ...
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   government
   alle ministers(inclusief de minister-president)en staatssecretarissen samen Category: Management in the public and private sector • relation between a principal and a dependant member of a syntactic construction.Both do not exhibit the same categorie instead the dependent member is determined with respect to the relevant categorie by the principal member Category: Language and liter...
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   Government
   This means the people who are in charge of our country. The person in charge is the Prime Minister. They direct the way the country works and makes sure it does the best for people living in their country.
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   Government
   Gov'ern·ment noun [ French gouvernement . See Govern .] 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government. 2. The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law. « That free government which we have so dearly purchased, fre ...
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   government
   The complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out in a specific political unit. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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    government
    governing noun the act of governing; exercising authority; `regulations for the governing of state prisons`; `he had considerable experience of government`
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    government
    authorities noun the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; `the government reduced taxes`; `the matter was referred to higher authorities`
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    government
    noun (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; `tyrannical government`
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    Government
    A `government` is `the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit,` `the ruling power in a political society,` and the apparatus through which a governing body functions and exercises authority. `Government, with the authority to make laws, to adjudicate disputes, and to issue administrative decisions, and with a monopoly of authorized force where it fails to persuade, is an indispensable means, `proximately`, to the peace o...
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    Government
    • (n.) The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe. • (n.) The right or power of governing; authority. • (n.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. • (n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administra...
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    Government
    (from the article `Mill, James`) ...education for the six-volume Supplement to the 4th, 5th, and 6th editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica. As reprints they enjoyed a wide ...
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    government
    the political system by which a country or community is administered and regulated.[32 related articles]
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    government
    government, system of social control under which the right to make laws, and the right to enforce them, is vested in a particular group in society. There are many classifications of government. According to the classical formula, governments are distinguished by whether power is held by one man, a f...
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    Government
    This term is used in two senses. Sometimes it is used to indicate the particular administrative institutions or agencies of a society whose function it is to control individual action, safeguard individual and national rights, and, in general, promote the public welfare; all in accordance with the methodological principles and for the sake of the ...
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