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civil service
noun
- those branches of public service concerned with all governmental administrative functions outside the armed services.
- the body of persons employed in these branches.
- a system or method of appointing government employees on the basis of competitive examinations, rather than by political patronage.
civil service
noun
- the service responsible for the public administration of the government of a country. It excludes the legislative, judicial, and military branches. Members of the civil service have no official political allegiance and are not generally affected by changes of governments
- the members of the civil service collectively
civil service
- The nonmilitary personnel who work for a government, applying its laws and regulations.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of civil service1
Example Sentences
A government department run by one of Sir Keir Starmer's most senior ministers is cutting almost a third of its jobs as ministers seek to accelerate civil service reform.
The mass layoffs ordered by the Trump administration have mostly gone unchallenged in the courts because of the civil service laws.
The government has already announced big cuts to the welfare bill as well as plans to cut the civil service and abolish several quangos including NHS England.
The robust equal employment protections of the federal government have long made civil service jobs a path up to the middle class for populations that otherwise face endemic discrimination.
A civil service law requires an administrative agency to hear complaints.
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