Adjective

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Wikipedia public (comparative more public, superlative most public)

Positive public

Comparative more public

Superlative most public

  1. Pertaining to the affairs or official affairs of all people, not just those of a private group; contrasted with private.
  2. Open to all.
  3. Funded by the government.
  4. (of a company) Traded publicly via a stock market.

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Public is a word in the English language, either an adjective or a noun with these meanings:- (adjective) "of or pertaining to the people; (adjective) "relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community"; opposed to "private"; (noun) "the people of a nation not affiliated with the government of that nation: the people" (noun) "Public to the general body of mankind or of a nation, state, or community"; (noun, indefinite) the public; also, a particular body or aggretion of people; as, an author's public. specimens (adjective):- the public treasury / a public road / "public network" means a network that is regulated as a common carrier.

  • Aggens (1983) in the paper titled "Identifying different levels of public interest in participation" states: "There is no single public, but different levels of public based on differing levels of interest and ability".

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Wed Mar 10 02:48:03 2010

Google sexes up stats with Public Data Explorer 10 live demos ...
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A new Google Labs project merges two breakthroughs into one. . Public. Data Explorer brings together more than a dozen databases -- ...

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Lori Mason, whose chef husband is currently serving cheese made of her breast milk, has declined requests from strangers to sample her milk, saying "I'm not here to walk people through their psychological problems.

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Abandon hope, all ye development-bat​tling homeowners who enter City Hall, thinking that if you attend a City Council meeting, your . public. comments will have any effect on the outcome on a particular vote. The fix is in. Quite literally! ...

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Sat Mar 6 09:13:30 2010

Can you describe the difference between public goods and private goods?
Q. Can you describe the difference between public goods and private goods? Explain why government action is necessary to ensure the provision of public goods. Here is all I know: Public goods cannot be divided nor distributed to individual consumers. Public goods are a public good, they re available to everyone. Private goods ? Help please!
Asked by Dina - Thu May 29 07:01:29 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. A public good is a good whose use by others is not diminished by any person. Specifically a good is a public good if no one could be excluded from use by some action of another and the good is not rivalrous, in other words the use of one does not diminish the use by another. An example of a public good is national defense. Your receipt of national defense is rival with others and isn't diminished by your neighbors use. Another example is the light from a street lamp. Similar to this is a "common good," such as fish in the ocean. Catching a fish means the fish is diminished by others, but you cannot keep other fishermen out of the entire ocean. Another similar one is club goods. Cable television is an example of a club good. No… [cont.]
Answered by OPM - Thu May 29 09:07:26 2008

What is the effect of public housing on the rest of real estate prices?
Q. I hear there is a 3 to 7 year wait for people to get into public housing. A friend of mine is in an apartment that qualifies. My question is, what would happen if public housing were to be entirely eliminated so that the government didn't have any control over that anymore? Or what would happen if there were twice the number of public housing units so that the waiting list was cut down to something like 3 to 6 months? I'm just curious as to the economic repercussions, coming from a very non-economic background. Your opinion please?
Asked by Cookie777 - Thu May 7 01:09:38 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It would not happen, the economic repercussions with all those people being homeless would be devastating. No one wants that, and we all pay a lot of money to keep that from happening. Doubling the projects (the only actual public housing) would not lower the wait period. The tax burden would be tremendous, likely bankrupt the country, even though it look like Obama is determined to do that anyway. What would more likely happen is the strain on the prison system would be cut way down, as they would release the less dangerous inmates and put them into the projects, which is a lot cheaper then housing them in a prison. Even without the inmates I do not think the wait list would cut down, the amount of welfare fraud would simply… [cont.]
Answered by Landlord - Thu May 7 10:12:27 2009

How to access public records regarding purchase of home?
Q. I just bought a house and found out that this information is available to the public. I have been getting things in the mail for mortgage life insurance. How do people access this information? Is there a way I can see it online for free?
Asked by torn - Fri Mar 28 08:24:09 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. County Recorder's and Tax Assessor's records are public information by law.
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