quango

noun

1. （英国）半官方机构
   (in Britain) an organization dealing with public matters, started by the government, but working independently and with its own legal powers

1. (英国的)准自治管理机构，半官方机构
   In Britain, a quango is a committee which is appointed by the government but works independently. A quango has responsibility for a particular area of activity, for example the giving of government grants to arts organizations.

1. The Low Pay Commission, the quango which sets the floor wage, contests this notion, but has been raising it at a more moderate pace in the past couple of years.
   制定最低工资标准的半官方机构底薪委员会为自己辩护的同时，还是在过去几年缓慢的提升了最低工资底线。

noun

1. a quasi nongovernmental organization

   Synonym:    quasi-NGO