local authority

noun

An administrative body in local government, such as a city council.

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Meanings

nounlocal authority (plural local authorities)

plural local authorities

  1. An administrative body in local government, such as a city council.

    Controversy has surrounded some of the schemes, which local authorities and commuters have seen as putting money-making before travel.

    2023 October 18, “Network News: TfL creates property company to raise funds”, in RAIL, number 994, page 17
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    Some preliminary legal arrangements were made, but the scheme proceeded no further, as the various local authorities concerned were unwilling to speculate public funds on what was, even at that date, a will o' the wisp.

    1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 345
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APA

local authority. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20authority

MLA

“local authority.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20authority. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “local authority,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20authority.

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