public-private partnership

See also: public/private partnership and public private partnership

English

Alternative forms

• public private partnership, public/private partnership

Noun

public-private partnership (plural public-private partnerships)

1. (politics, government, business) 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.
   • 1955 Aug, Jack Steele, “Hell Breaks Loose Over Hell's Canyon”, in Florence Times, Alabama, USA, retrieved 15 October 2012, page 6:

     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.

   • 2001 February 26, Matthew Cooper, “Presidential Libraries: The Price Isn't Right”, in Time:

     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.

   • 2008 August 27, Jenny Anderson, “Cities Debate Privatizing Public Infrastructure”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 October 2012:

     Just outside the nation's capital, a $1.9 billion public-private partnership will finance new high-occupancy toll lanes around Washington.

   • 2012 September 20, Tess Kalinowski, “Stintz to Metrolinx: Don’t expect a TTC subsidy for new LRT”, in The Star, Toronto, Canada, retrieved 15 October 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].

Synonyms

• P3, P³, PPP, public private partnership

Translations

arrangement

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公共私營合作制／公共私营合作制 (gōnggòng sīyíng hézuò zhì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: publiek-private samenwerking f, pps f
• Finnish: julkisen ja yksityisen sektorin kumppanuus, julkisen ja yksityisen sektorin yhteistyöhanke
• French: partenariat public-privé (fr) m, PPP (fr) m
• Georgian: საჯარო-კერძო პარტნიორობა (saǯaro-ḳerʒo ṗarṭnioroba)
• Indonesian: kemitraan publik-privat, kemitraan pemerintah-swasta
• Malay: perkongsian awam-swasta
• Polish: partnerstwo publiczno-prywatne n
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References

• “public private partnership”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.