Look up: quango


  1. Quango
    Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation sometimes referred to as a non-departmental public body. Quangos are part of national government but operate at arm's length from government departments. There are around 1,000 such organisations in the UK which between them spend more £24bn. Examples ...
    Found op http://society.guardian.co.uk/glossary/page/0,,646470,00.html

  2. quango
    [n] - QUAsi Non-Governmental Organization
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=quango

  3. quango
    an abbreviation of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization, meaning an organization that is generally not for profit, is in receipt of public funds, but is partly independent of government control.
    Found op http://www.polity.co.uk/cbs3/PDF/Glos.pdf

  4. Quango
    Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation. An organisation set up or appointed by the government to carry out a specific brief or function. Quangos are not government departments, but they do carry out work on behalf of the government.
    Found op http://www.compactlaw.co.uk/legal_glossary/q/quango.html

  5. quango
    Any administrative body that is nominally independent but relies on government funding; for example, the British Council (1935), the Equal Opportunities Commission (1975) in the UK, and the...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  6. quango
    quasi-NGO noun a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=quango

  7. quango
    Stands for quasi-non-governmental organization, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve. The term is British. Contexts: phrases
    Found op http://www.econterms.com/glossary.cgi?query=quango



  1. Quango
    Quango or qango is an acronym meaning quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation used notably in the United Kingdom, Ireland and elsewhere to label an organization to which government has devolved power. In the United Kingdom the official term is "non-departmental public body" or NDPB. ==Histor...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quango

  2. QUANGO
    Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21114

  3. Quango
    QUANGO is an abbreviation for Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/N17.HTM

  4. quango
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kwang′gō Definitions: 1. A committee wholly or partially supported by government funds in which some members are appointed by government and others by nongovernmental agencies or organizations; the committee functions as a nongovernmental organization rather than...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=74629

  5. quango
    Any administrative body that is nominally independent but relies on government funding; for example, the British Council (1935), the Equal Opportunities Commission (1975) in the UK, and the Environmental Protection Agency (1970) in the USA. The growth of quangos in the UK represented one aspect of t...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007611.html

  6. QUANGO
    Quasi-Autonomous Non-Government Organisation
    Found op http://www.cjp.org.uk/glossary/

  7. quango
    1) Organisation 2) Organization 3) Quasi-ngo
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/quango/1

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