{ or sometimes }. A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
[にっぽんでんしんでんわこうしゃ;にほんでんしんでんわこうしゃ, nippondenshindenwakousha ; nihondenshindenwakousha](n) (See 電電公社) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (defunct)[Add to Longdo]