publicly owned
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publicly-owned — ˌpublicly ˈowned adjective ECONOMICS a publicly owned industry or company is owned by the government; = government owned; state owned: • publicly owned enterprises * * * publicly owned UK US adjective GOVERNMENT ► … Financial and business terms
Publicly owned — can refer to: *Public company, a company which is permitted to offer its securities (stock, bonds, etc.) for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange *Public ownership, of government owned corporations … Wikipedia
publicly-owned company — ➔ company * * * publicly owned company UK US noun [C] (plural publicly owned companies) ► PUBLIC COMPANY(Cf. ↑public company) … Financial and business terms
Publicly Owned Utilities — Municipal utilities (utilities owned by branches of local government) and/or co ops (utilities owned cooperatively by customers) … Energy terms
Publicly owned electric utility — A class of ownership found in the electric power industry. This group includes those utilities operated by municipalities and State and Federal power agencies. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary … Energy terms
-owned — [əʊnd ǁ oʊnd] suffix added to other words in order to say who owns something or how much of it they own: • It has 55 company owned stores and 130 franchised stores in 21 states. • The family owned concern is proudly independent. • the jointly… … Financial and business terms
publicly — ▪ I. publicly publ‧ic‧ly [ˈpʌblɪkli] adverb FINANCE if a company is publicly held or publicly owned, or its shares are publicly traded, its shares are available to be bought and sold by investors: • the annual reports that publicly held companies … Financial and business terms
publicly — pub|lic|ly [ˈpʌblıkli] adv 1.) in a way that is intended for anyone to know, see, or hear ▪ She and her family agreed never to discuss the matter publicly. 2.) done or controlled by the government ▪ a publicly funded health service 3.) a company… … Dictionary of contemporary English
publicly */*/ — UK [ˈpʌblɪklɪ] / US adverb 1) a) in a way that many people notice Kent publicly disagreed with his fellow doctors on many occasions. b) said or done so that people you do not know can see or hear you I hate it when she talks like that publicly.… … English dictionary
publicly — [ˈpʌblɪkli] adv 1) in a way that many people notice Ant: privately Kent publicly disagreed with his fellow doctors on many occasions.[/ex] 2) by the government, or by or for people in general a publicly owned health service[/ex] publicly… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
