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public works

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public works
pl.n.
Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public.
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Noun1.public works - structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use
infrastructure, base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan"
structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Translations
Spanish public works nplobras fpl públicas
French public works npltravaux publics
German public works public nplöffentliche Bauprojekte pl
Italian public works npllavori mpl pubblici

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It appears too by his laws, that he intends to establish only a small state, as all the artificers are to belong to the public, and add nothing to the complement of citizens; but if all those who are to be employed in public works are to be the slaves of the public, it should be done in the same manner as it is at Epidamnum, and as Diophantus formerly regulated it at Athens.
800, and they are employed in various public works.
The State should possess nothing of its own, neither forests, nor mines, nor public works.
 
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