quango
Meanings
noun
- An organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it.
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Etymology
From the initial letters (the first two letters for the first word) of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization. Coined by American president of the Carnegie Foundation Alan Pifer in 1967.
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