een bedrijf dat, vaak vanuit een monopoliepositie, opereert in een sector die beschouwd wordt zijnde van openbaar nut omdat het belangrijke producten of diensten levert die in het algemeen belang zijn
service (paid activity consisting in performing a task) · service (act of doing something for someone for which they ask or which they need) · service sector (sector of the economy that covers the zone of activities useful to the population)
institution (long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with public service) · institution · institution (established organisation, especially in historical contexts)
çekim: çoğul laitokset · tamlayan laitoksen
köken: laittaa (“to put, place; to prepare, make”) + -os. Coined by Finnish linguist and author Reinhold von Becker in the early to mid-19th century; earlier attested in senses like “order, organization”.