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  1. (acronym for quasi-autonomous nongovernmental
  2. organization) any British body that is
  3. nominally independent but relies on
  4. government funding; for example, the Equal
  5. Opportunities Commission (1975). Many quangos
  6. (such as the Location of Offices Bureau) were
  7. abolished by the Thatcher government 1979-90.
  8.