gov·ern·ment | \ ˈgə-vər(n)-mənt , -və-mənt; ˈgə-bᵊm-ənt, -vᵊm- \
Definition of government
from Merriam-Webster
1. the body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a political unit or organization: such as: a) the officials comprising the governing body of a political unit and constituting the organization as an active agency b) capitalized: the executive branch of the U.S. federal government; c) capitalized: a small group of persons holding simultaneously the principal political executive offices of a nation or other political unit and being responsible for the direction and supervision of public affairs.
2. Either a) the organization, machinery, or agency through which a political unit exercises authority and performs functions and which is usually classified according to the distribution of power within itShe works for the federal government, or b) the complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out
