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Interesting. Does the UK have another word other than “government” that has the US English meaning—any institution of or controlled by the state?

• andyjohnson0 8y ago
  > Interesting. Does the UK have another word other than “government” that has the US English meaning—any institution of or controlled by the state? In everyday speech, not really. We don't have a codified constitution so things are sometimes a little ambiguous. I guess people might use terms like "the state" or "the powers that be". There is the legal concept of "The Crown" [1], which is kind of like the legal personality of the state. It sits at the root of a hierarchy, with the executive, legislature, courts, military etc. below it. The monarch, as head of state, exercises the powers of The Crown, although mostly in a ceremonial way on the advice of the government [2]. But nobody talks about The Crown in everyday speech. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crown [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_prerogative_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_prerogative_in_the_Unite...