(idiomatic) A hypothetical average or generic member of the public; the common man (or person, by extension).

(uncountable) Information that has been filed with or recorded by a government agency.

The whole of such public authorities, the governmental administration in the widest sense

public relations (in attributive use)

plural of public authority

The aspects of social life which occur in public, in the open, as opposed to more private social interaction within families, private clubs, etc. / Politics, as in the profession of being a politician.

Any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life, such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc.

plural of public comment

plural of public key

(uncountable) The general welfare of the people; the best interests of the community. / (economics, countable) A good that is non-rivalrous and non-excludable.