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public-private partnership en · NOUN

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1. An arrangement by which one or more private firms agrees to fund, create, or operate a facility, service, or other element of public infrastructure (such as a school, hospital, or highway) which is usually the sole responsibility of government, in return for all or some of the revenue generated by that facility or service.
   • Just outside the nation's capital, a $1.9 billion public-private partnership will finance new high-occupancy toll lanes around Washington. 2008 August 27, Jenny Anderson, “Cities Debate Privatizing Public Infrastructure”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Oct 2012:
   • Chiarelli defended the government’s decision to use a public-private partnership to build, design, finance, maintain and operate the LRTs [light-rail transports]. 2012 September 20, Tess Kalinowski, “Stintz to Metrolinx: Don’t expect a TTC subsidy for new LRT”, in The Star, Toronto, Canada, retrieved 15 Oct 2012:
   • Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay, who will lead the administration's side of the fight, has long argued that power resources should be developed through a public-private partnership, with private enterprise being given projects that it is willing and able to build. 1955 Aug, Jack Steele, “Hell Breaks Loose Over Hell's Canyon”, in Florence Times, Alabama, USA, retrieved 15 Oct 2012, page 6:
   • In 1955, Congress passed the Presidential Libraries Act, which created a public-private partnership: an ex-President would raise money to build his library, but Washington would pick up most of the tab for maintaining the documents housed there. 2001 February 26, Matthew Cooper, “Presidential Libraries: The Price Isn't Right”, in Time:

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uk держа́вно-прива́тне партне́рство (arrangement) · id kemitraan pemerintah-swasta (arrangement) · id kemitraan publik-privat (arrangement) · hi सार्वजनिक-निजी भागीदारी (arrangement) · uk муніципа́льно-прива́тне партне́рство (arrangement) · pl partnerstwo publiczno-prywatne (arrangement) · ru МЧП (arrangement) · uk ППП (arrangement) · fi julkisen ja yksityisen sektorin yhteistyöhanke (arrangement) · fr partenariat public-privé (arrangement) · nl pps (arrangement) · fr PPP (arrangement) · ka საჯარო-კერძო პარტნიორობა (arrangement) · ru ГЧП (arrangement) · uk МПП (arrangement) · fi julkisen ja yksityisen sektorin kumppanuus (arrangement) · ja 官民連携 (arrangement) · pt parceria público-privada (arrangement) · uk ДПП (arrangement) · cmn 公共私營合作制 /公共私营合作制 (arrangement) · uk публі́чно-прива́тне партне́рство (arrangement) · ru муниципа́льно-ча́стное партнёрство (arrangement) · nl publiek-private samenwerking (arrangement) · ru госуда́рственно-ча́стное партнёрство (arrangement) · ms perkongsian awam-swasta (arrangement)