committee (noun)

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• committee — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ central ▪ joint ▪ standing ▪ ad hoc, special ▪ select ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• committee — ► NOUN 1) (treated as sing. or pl. ) a group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group. 2) Law, Brit. a person to whom another person or another person s property is entrusted. ● Committee of the whole House Cf. ↑Committee of… …   English terms dictionary

• committee — com‧mit‧tee [kəˈmɪti] noun [countable] a group of people within an organization such as a government, company, or political party who have been chosen or elected in order to do a particular job, take decisions etc: • They will discuss the issue… …   Financial and business terms

• Committee of Public Accounts — Comˌmittee of ˌPublic Acˈcounts noun ACCOUNTING FINANCE a group of members of the House of Commons in Britain who have been chosen to check that the spending of government departments has been according to levels agreed in parliament; = PUBLIC… …   Financial and business terms

• committee stage — noun The stage in the passage of a bill through parliament, between the second and third readings, when it is discussed in detail in committee • • • Main Entry: ↑committee * * * committee stage [committee stage] noun [sing] …   Useful english dictionary

• Committee of Ways and Means — ➔ Ways and Means Committee * * * Committee of Ways and Means UK US noun ► another name for WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE(Cf. ↑Ways and Means Committee) …   Financial and business terms

• committee — noun 1》 kə mɪti [treated as sing. or plural] a group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group.     ↘a committee appointed by Parliament to consider proposed legislation.     ↘(Committee of the whole House) the whole House of… …   English new terms dictionary

• committee — noun 1 (C) a group of people chosen to represent a larger group in order to do a particular job, make decisions etc: He s on the finance committee. (also + plural verb BrE): The committee have decided to raise membership fees for next year. 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Committee of the Whole House — noun Parliamentary Procedure a committee consisting of all the members of a house of parliament for the purpose of discussing and voting upon details of a proposal before the house. See committee stage. Also, Committee of the Whole …  

• Committee of the Regions — noun A consultative committee of the European Union, consisting of representatives from regional and local authorities and expressing the opinions of these groups on regional policy, environment and education • • • Main Entry: ↑committee …   Useful english dictionary

• committee member — noun a member of a committee (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑member, ↑fellow member • Hyponyms: ↑committeeman, ↑committeewoman, ↑director, ↑regent, ↑trustee …   Useful english dictionary