Public corporation may refer to:
- Government-owned corporation
- Public company, i.e. a limited liability company that offers its securities for sale to the general public.
- Statutory corporation, i.e. a corporation created by statute, that is owned in part or in whole by a government (examples being are municipal councils, bar councils, universities).
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—Administration in the State of Miss, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
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