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GAO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does GAO mean? 

GAO (noun)
  The noun GAO has 1 sense:

1. 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 Statesplay

  Familiarity information: GAO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GAO (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

GAO; Government Accounting Office; United States Government Accounting Office

Hypernyms ("GAO" is a kind of...):

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


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