NOUN
- employment within a government system (especially in the civil service)
- a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions
How To Use public service In A Sentence
- The goal to attack the spiralling cost of public services may be laudable, but the precedent is dangerous.
- We stand against privatisation of public services and against tuition fees.
- He joins a roll call of the great and good who have been drafted into public service to help the government fight the financial crisis. Times, Sunday Times
- You would have expected a convert to free market economics to have been equally scathing of both public service corporations.
- It also has a public service obligation that means it has to enrol staff in its scheme if their employer is unable to. Times, Sunday Times
- They had also failed to grasp public unease about the growing pressure on jobs and public services. Times, Sunday Times
- The ethic of public service was passed on from his father, who worked in the island's customs office.
- The federal government has been aggressively promoting bilingualism in the public service since the 1960s. Globe and Mail
- An entirely free public service, all you need to do is call her up and Geneviève will happily stop by to scope out your crib and offer suggestions on how you can better safeguard your digs from thieves.
- It's a serious argument over whether to increase spending on public services or to lift people out of poverty.
