PUBLIC SERVICE


Meaning of PUBLIC SERVICE in English

ˌpublic ˈservice BrE AmE noun

1 . [countable usually plural] a service, such as transport or health care, that a government provides:

efforts to improve quality in public services

2 . [uncountable and countable] a service provided to people because it will help them, and not for profit:

Local TV stations ran the ads as a public service.

3 . [singular, uncountable] the government or its departments:

staff cuts in the public service

He left the public service and embarked on a career in the City.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.