PUBLIC INSTITUTION
\pˈʌblɪk ˌɪnstɪtjˈuːʃən], \pˈʌblɪk ˌɪnstɪtjˈuːʃən], \p_ˈʌ_b_l_ɪ_k ˌɪ_n_s_t_ɪ_t_j_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\
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The name that is applied to a school, college, courthouse, library, hospital and other place that is run for the public to use. The opposite of a private institution.TLD Example: After their daughter graduated from high school, her parents persuaded her to attend college at a public institution where the tuition would be less expensive than the cost of attending a private college.
By Henry Campbell Black