GAO as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
   Synonym(s)
   • Government Accounting Office (what does Government Accounting Office mean?)
   • United States Government Accounting Office (what does United States Government Accounting Office mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) GAO is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • agency (what does agency mean?)
   • federal agency (what does federal agency mean?)
   • government agency (what does government agency mean?)
   • bureau (what does bureau mean?)
   • office (what does office mean?)
   • authority (what does authority mean?)