| 词汇 | public-utility |
| 释义 | public utility noun[ C ] uk /ˌpʌb.lɪk juːˈtɪl.ə.ti/ us /ˌpʌb.lɪk juːˈtɪl.ə.t̬i/ an organization that supplies the public with water, gas, or electricity公用事业单位，公用事业公司 See also utilitynoun Enterprises acquiree acquirer acquiror agency agribusiness answering service clicks and mortaridiom conglomerate consortium est. estate agent financial technology fintech firm org organizational organizationally parent company partner up zombie company public utility | Business Englishpublic utility noun[ C,usually plural ] COMMERCEukus a company that supplies water, gas, or electricity to people: Transportation, public utilities and construction accounted for another 14,000 jobs. public utility companies/regulations Examples of public utilitypublic utility The fundamental premise of their book is that the current structure is akin to rate-making authorities setting publicutility fees on a ' ' cost-plus ' ' basis. What of situations in which there is no clear distinction between public and private, such as when a former publicutility is privatised? The government could intervene more easily in those areas that were considered of publicutility such as water rights than in other aspects of the sugar business. Unlike publicutility ratemaking authorities, mutual fund boards do not set a target profit margin and mechanically apply it to the expenses that the adviser discloses to them. Beyond an explicit acknowledgement of the publicutility of private, managerial capitalism, no specific substantive objectives took the place of the discarded tools of public ownership, planning and worker control. It enunciated the principle that workers in publicutility services would be have no right to strike until enough time was allowed to investigate their grievances and negotiate a settlement. Expropriation is only possible for publicutility and only when there has been adequate compensation and provision for the owners to appeal to a court of law. One of the publicutility companies was operating a sewer line excavation site in the area where water blasters were used to remove concrete from old underground sewer lines. On the other hand, legislation on publicutility services cannot be allowed to preserve service monopolies. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It also puts the question of publicutility services on the right footing. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The whole theory upon which publicutility societies are invited to build houses is wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Work on this scheme has been delayed by difficult soil conditions and the need to maintain publicutility services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cable industry, more than any other publicutility contractor, has the strongest possible incentive to carry out good reinstatement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The publicutility societies have done most excellent work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You cannot expect a publicutility company to build with the danger of having to take away their buildings without compensation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of public utility These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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