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the activity of governing a country or region

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a government department, or an organization connected with a government, that deals with a particular subject

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a part of the government with a particular responsibility. The three branches of government are the legislative branch (=the parliament that makes laws), the executive branch (=the president or ministers who govern according to those laws), and the judicial branch (=the judges and courts who make certain that the laws are used correctly).

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a government department or part of a government department

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the government of a whole country

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a country’s government departments and the people who work in them

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corporation

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the local government of a city

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an organization that provides local government in a city, county etc

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belonging to or relating to a council

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a government department that collects taxes on goods that people bring into a country

the government department that includes all the diplomats and other people working in embassies in foreign countries

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a part of a government department that deals with a particular area of activity

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the treasury

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the part of government that makes certain that laws are being used as planned. The other two parts of government are the legislature and the judiciary.

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the office that the government of one Commonwealth country has in another Commonwealth country, similar to an embassy

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a government organization that collects information about the secret plans and activities of a foreign government, enemy etc

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the government department that is responsible for things that happen within a country, not for relations between that country and others

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the part of government that consists of all the judges and courts in a country. The other two parts of government are the executive and the legislature.

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an office in a foreign country where representatives of your own government work or live. It is less important than an embassy.

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in the UK, the organization in a particular area or city that is responsible for providing public services

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the organizations that provide public services in a particular town or area, controlled by officials chosen in local elections

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a government department in the UK and some other countries, or the building from which it operates

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the local government of a place

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in some countries, an elected institution that has the power to rule

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non-departmental public body: an organization that advises the government on particular policy areas or that provides a public service, but is not a government department

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non-governmental organization: an organization which is neither a government department, nor a business operating for profit. NGOs are often paid for by the government and may work with government departments, but they are independent of the government.

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a government department

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government departments, or the people who work in them. This word usually shows that you dislike these people, because you think they are not helpful.

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the main law-making institution in some countries. In the UK, Parliament consists of politicians elected to the House of Commons and members of the House of Lords

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a department of a government or other organization that is responsible for dealing with journalists

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an organization whose work is part of the process of government, but is not a government department

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a government department

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a government department that secret agents work for

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a government organization that deals with a country’s security

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an organization that does work for a government

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the government department responsible for a country’s financial matters