QUASI-AUTONOMOUS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization.A semipublic administrative body (esp. in
the United Kingdom) having some members appointed and financed by, but not answerable to, the
government, such as a tourist authority, a university-grants commission, a price-and-wage
commission, a prison or parole board, or a medical-health advisory panel. • This term is more
commonly written as an acronym, quango (kwang-goh), without capital letters. [Blacks Law 8th]