Property, assets or information directly owned by or under the control of the state.

plural of public authority

public relations (in attributive use)

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.

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

plural of public service

plural of public figure

(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.