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GAO

   Also found in: Financial, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
GAO
abbr.
General Accounting Office

Gao [ˈgɑːəʊ gaʊ]
n
(Placename) a town in E Mali, on the River Niger: a small river port. Pop.: 54 875 (latest est.)
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Noun1.GAOGAO - an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
bureau, federal agency, government agency, agency, office, authority - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
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GAO [ˌdʒiːeɪˈəʊ] n abbr (US) (=General Accounting Office) → Cour f des comptes
GAO [ˌdʒiːeɪˈəʊ] n abbr (Am) =General Accounting OfficeCorte f dei Conti
GAO [ˌdʒiːeɪˈəʊ] n abbr (Am) =General Accounting OfficeCorte f dei Conti


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Here, a little in advance, ever and again with his head to the ground listening, his great arms bare, pieces of eight in his ears as ornaments, is the handsome Italian Cecco, who cut his name in letters of blood on the back of the governor of the prison at Gao.
 
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