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public-service corporation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun public-service corporation has 1 sense
- public-service corporation(n = noun.group) public utility, public utility company, utility - a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation; Array is a kind of service
has particulars: phone company, phone service, telco, telephone company, telephone service, electric company, light company, power company, power service, water company, waterworks, gas company, gas service, bus company, bus service
CIDE DICTIONARY
public-service corporation,
A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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