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government (s) (noun), governments (pl)
1. A group of people who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country or area: The German government has its seat of residence in Berlin.
2. A state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power: The U.S. government should always follow the Constitution of the United States.
3. The control and administration of public policy in a political unit: The population was angry at the government in their town that implemented unfair economic policies.
4. The administration or management of an organization, business, or institution: The employees were dissatisfied with the present government of their firm.
Two characteristics of government are that it cannot do anything quickly, and that it never knows when to quit.
—Jeremy Thorpe
The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.
—Franklin P. Adams, 1881-1960, American journalist
In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
—Voltaire, 1694-1778, French satirist
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Quotes: Government
A political system that operates on a deficit and continues to print more and more money: government quotes.
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(Greek: a suffix; to govern, to rule; government, strength, power, might, authority)
(Greek: city; method of government; citizenship, government, administration)
(a political system that operates on a deficit and continues to print more and more money)
(situation in which less and less is done by more and more officials; government agency where after all is said and done, more is said than done)
(bill is proposed in New Hampshire, U.S., to place limits on RFID applications)
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government deficit (s) (noun), government deficits (pl)
A shortage, less than is due as in the case of a business or government budget: A government deficit involves more expenditures than income.

Unbalanced budgets with a planned year-end government deficit are prohibited at every level of government except at the federal level.

This entry is located in the following units: gov-, gover- + (page 1) Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies (page 10)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): State Government Restrictions
Bill is proposed in New Hampshire, U.S., to place limits on RFID applications.
This entry is located in the following unit: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Index of Units (page 1)