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Municipal vs Township - What's the difference?

municipal | township |

As nouns the difference between municipal and township

is that municipal is a financial instrument issued by a municipality while township is the territory of a town; a subdivision of a county.

As an adjective municipal

is of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).

municipal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
  • Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.
  • Synonyms

    * civic

    Derived terms

    * municipality

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 21, author=Julie Connelly, title=Muni Bonds, Safe With High Yields, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=“This might be the last great opportunity for preretirement baby boomers to buy municipals at such attractive levels,” said Janet Fiorenza, head of municipal fixed income at Lehman Brothers Asset Management.}}

    township

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The territory of a town; a subdivision of a county.
  • An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
  • A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.
  • * 1972', ''Daily Dispatch'': "In addition, the council has completed the planning of a new Coloured '''township''' on the site of the existing African ' township "
  • Descendants

    * Portuguese:

    Usage notes

    In the U.S., the term "township" refers to a division of a county, and may include one or more towns, villages, hamlets, or small cities. It may also be an administrative district for an unincorporated rural area. The exact nature of a township, and its role in local administration, differs from state to state.

    References

    1978: A Dictionary of South African English edited by Jean Branford. Oxford. ----