voluntary sector

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noun

the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors

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Words nearby voluntary sector

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How to use voluntary sector in a sentence

In some cases, public employee unions even pushed private sector unions to endorse Republicans.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats|Daniel DiSalvo|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Public sector unions create a genuine political conundrum for Democrats.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats|Daniel DiSalvo|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Public sector unions have also fractured the labor movement itself.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats|Daniel DiSalvo|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How does it happen that citizens of modest means suffer as public sector unions gain?
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats|Daniel DiSalvo|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And now, the plan is not only to decimate public-sector unions, but all unions—to deplete the money they can spend on politics.
The Next Phase of the Koch Brothers’ War on Unions|Carl Deal and Tia Lessin|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This system had been in full operation in both districts prior to the general application of the voluntary system.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
It therefore took under favorable consideration the question of a voluntary clearing system.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
This is secured only by right objects of thought; it is impossible to reach it by voluntary mechanics.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Our voluntary service regulars are the last descendants of those rulers of the ancient world, the Roman Legionaries.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
A covenant is a mutual voluntary compact between two parties on given terms or conditions.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham