(politics, law) Input given by the public to governmental (or rarely other) bodies, about proposed legislation or regulation(s), during a period—and by means—set aside and prescribed by law.

plural of public policy

plural of publicity stunt

(economics) Ownership of an industry by the people or the state; nationalisation; state ownership.

plural of e-publication

(uncountable) The publication of works in an electronic format. / (countable) A work published in an electronic format.

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

plural of publication bias

(statistics) The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.

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