GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States

Synonyms:

GAO; Government Accounting Office; United States Government Accounting Office

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Government Accounting Office" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

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