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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


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

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