Search Result for "public-service corporation":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation;
[syn: utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Public-service corporation \Public-service corporation\ or sometimes Quasi-public corporation \Quasi-public corporation\ A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

public-service corporation n 1: a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation [syn: utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation]