Usually means: Government body managing local area.
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  1. local authority: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. local authority: Merriam-Webster
  3. local authority: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. local authority: Collins English Dictionary
  5. local authority: Vocabulary.com
  6. local authority: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. local authority: Dictionary.com
  8. Local authority: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  10. local authority: FreeDictionary.org
  11. local authority: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. local authority: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. local authority: Wiktionary

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

Similar:
local government, council, municipality, locality, municipal, city council, council member, municipally, councilor, councilmember, more...

Phrases:
local education authority, Local Security Authority Subsystem Service, Local education authority in England, more...

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Similar:
local government, council, municipality, locality, municipal, city council, council member, municipally, councilor, councilmember, more...

Phrases:
local education authority, Local Security Authority Subsystem Service, Local education authority in England, more...



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