governments

n. ruling of a country or area; political control; group of people that rule a country or area; rule, authority

For the 'government' in parliamentary systems, see Executive (government) A government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.Depending on closeness to those who are governed and their holds all the power, a government consists of different levels including: local governments, regional governments and national governments. This category includes absolute monarchies, as well as dictatorships.In oligarchies power is held by a small group of people who share the same interests. Democracies are governments where the people as a whole, hold the power. It may be exercised by them (direct democracy), or through representatives chosen by them (representative democracy).Anarchy is a lack of government or imposed rule.
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Noun
1. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"
(synonym) authorities, regime
(hypernym) polity
(hyponym) ancien regime
(member-meronym) government department
(part-meronym) administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation
(derivation) govern, rule
(classification) governing, governance, government activity
2. (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government"
(hypernym) system, system of rules
(derivation) regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
(classification) governing, governance, government activity
3. the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
(synonym) governing, governance, government activity
(hypernym) social control
(hyponym) misgovernment, misrule
(derivation) govern
(class) progressive, reformist, reform-minded
4. the study of government of states and other political units
(synonym) politics, political science
(hypernym) social science
(hyponym) geopolitics
(classification) governing, governance, government activity
(class) minimalist

U.S. government issued securities, such as Treasury bills, bonds, notes, and savings bonds. Governments are considered among the safest investments available as they are backed by the U.S. government. Also used to refer to debt issues of federal agencies, which are not directly backed by the U.S. government.