Meanings
nouncaretaker government (plural caretaker governments)
plural caretaker governments
- governmentA government that rules temporarily, for example after a no-confidence motion in a parliamentary system.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 看守政府
- 看守政府 (kānshǒu zhèngfǔ)temporary government
Danish forretningsministerium, overgangsregering
- forretningsministeriumtemporary government
- overgangsregeringtemporary government
Dutch regering van lopende zaken
- regering van lopende zakentemporary government
Finnish toimitusministeristö
- toimitusministeristötemporary government
French gouvernement d'affaires courantes, gouvernement provisoire
- gouvernement d'affaires courantestemporary government
- gouvernement provisoiretemporary government
German Übergangsregierung
- Übergangsregierungtemporary government
Hindi कामचलाऊ सरकार
- कामचलाऊ सरकार (kāmcalāū sarkār)temporary government
Norwegian Bokmål forretningsministerium
- forretningsministeriumtemporary government
Polish rząd tymczasowy
- rząd tymczasowytemporary government
Swedish expeditionsministär, expeditionsregering
- expeditionsministärtemporary government
- expeditionsregeringtemporary government
Cite this entry
APA
caretaker government. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caretaker%20government
MLA
“caretaker government.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caretaker%20government. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caretaker government,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caretaker%20government.
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