quango

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  1. noun An organization or agency that is financed by a government but that acts independently of it.

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  • As has been said repeatedly by the right-wing of the press and the blogosphere, massive amounts of money are spent on rule by quango: —  Conservative Party Reptile
  • Communities Agency (HCA) super-quango is preparing a bold initiative to use some of its multibillion pound budget to lever cash from institutional investors. —  Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
  • His report was also scathing about the mismanagement of the financial scheme by the LSC, which allowed approvals to run far ahead of the cash available - and ignored early warnings as far back as February last year that the quango was going to overspend. —  News round-up
  • His report also blames Universities Secretary John Mr Denham's officials for failing to monitor the quango effectively. —  News round-up
  • Government troubleshooter Sir Andrew Foster published a report last week slamming the financial farce and revealing the LSC had ignored warnings as far back as February last year that the quango was going to overspend. —  News round-up
 

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  1. qua(si) n(on-)g(overnmental) o(rganization).
 

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