public bodies
State-run official entities
Public bodies are organizations established by government to carry out official functions—regulatory agencies, school boards, state-owned enterprises, and similar institutions operating with public authority or public funds.
The term appears frequently in legal and administrative contexts: Public bodies must comply with freedom of information requests.
Distinguished from private entities by their governmental mandate and accountability to the public.
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
council · commission · board · authority · agency · bureau · quango · tribunal
Legally separate business entity
- entityIndependent existing thing
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
- NGOIndependent charitable organization
- foundationUnderlying support structure
association · federation · consortium · syndicate · coalition · cooperative · state-owned · intergovernmental
Organized provision of treatment
- educationSystematic development of mind
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- transportationMoving people or goods
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
utilities · welfare · firefighting · postal service · emergency services · recreation · libraries · parks department
Local governing district
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- wardProtected person; division
parish · electorate · constituency · townhall · assembly · referendum · voting · representation
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- academyInstitution of learning
- instituteEstablish or scholarly organization
- polytechnicApplied sciences institution
conservatory · national museum · central bank · state broadcaster · endowment · national archive · cultural institution · arts council
parliament
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- ministryClergy's work or state department
cabinet · council · commission · board · authority · agency · bureau · quango · tribunal · regulator
corporation
Legally separate business entity
- entityIndependent existing thing
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
- NGOIndependent charitable organization
foundation · association · federation · consortium · syndicate · coalition · cooperative · state-owned · intergovernmental · multilateral
healthcare
Organized provision of treatment
- educationSystematic development of mind
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- transportationMoving people or goods
sanitation · utilities · welfare · firefighting · postal service · emergency services · recreation · libraries · parks department · water authority
municipality
Local governing district
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
ward · parish · electorate · constituency · townhall · assembly · referendum · voting · representation · citizenship
university
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- academyInstitution of learning
- instituteEstablish or scholarly organization
polytechnic · conservatory · national museum · central bank · state broadcaster · endowment · national archive · cultural institution · arts council · observatory
- public bodiesfederal agencies, state agencies, chambers, bar associations, chambers of commerce
- public entitiesgovernment agencies, state enterprises, state agencies, local authorities, national agencies
- administrative lawadjudication, judicial review, regulatory agency, natural justice, rulemaking
- entitiesentity, being, object, thing, item
- WhitehallDowning Street, Number 10, civil servants, ministers, Home Office
- litigation partiesparties, plaintiffs, defendants, litigants, petitioners
public bodiesprivate companies
Businesses without public shareholders
private sector · private corporations · commercial enterprises · family businesses · sole proprietorships
public bodiesprivate clubs
Restricted-membership social groups
shell corporations · secret societies · covert operations · anonymous donors
public, bodies, publicly, publics, publication, publicize, publicist, publicity, republic