committee

committee
noun
Ausschuss, der (auch Parl.); Komitee, das
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[kə'miti]
noun or noun plural
(a number of persons, selected from a larger body, to deal with some special business, eg the running of the larger body's affairs: The committee meet(s) today; (also adjective) a committee meeting.) der Ausschuß
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com·mit·tee
[kəˈmɪti, AM -ˈmɪt̬i]
n + sing/pl vb Ausschuss m, Komitee nt
C\committee of the Whole House BRIT LAW Unterhausausschuss m zur Prüfung von Gesetzesentwürfen
C\committee of Privileges LAW Ausschuss m zur Untersuchung von Privilegien
Public Accounts C\committee LAW Rechnungsprüfungsausschuss m
C\committee of Ways and Means LAW Finanzausschuss m
\committee meeting Ausschusssitzung f
\committee member Ausschussmitglied nt
select \committee Sonderausschuss m
standing \committee ständiger Ausschuss
to be [or sit] on a \committee in einem Ausschuss [o Komitee] sein [o sitzen], einem Ausschuss [o Komitee] angehören
to form [or set up] a \committee einen Ausschuss [o ein Komitee] bilden
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[kə'mItɪ]
n
Ausschuss m (ALSO PARL), Komitee nt

to be or sit on a committee — in einem Ausschuss or Komitee sein or sitzen

Committee of 100 (Brit) — Komitee der Hundert

committee meeting — Ausschusssitzung f

committee member — Ausschussmitglied nt

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committee [kəˈmıtı] s
1. Komitee n, Ausschuss m, Kommission f (alle:
on für):
be (oder sit) on a committee in einem Ausschuss sein;
standing committee ständiger Ausschuss;
go into Committee PARL in Einzelberatungen eintreten;
the House resolves itself into a Committee PARL Br das (Unter)Haus konstituiert sich als Ausschuss;
Committee of the Whole House PARL Br Plenarausschuss;
Committee of Supply PARL Br Haushaltsausschuss;
Committee of Ways and Means PARL Br Bewilligungsausschuss;
Committee stage Stadium n der Ausschussberatung (zwischen 2. und 3. Lesung eines Gesetzentwurfs);
the bill is in the Committee stage die Gesetzesvorlage liegt dem Ausschuss vor
2. [Br ˌkɒmıˈtiː] JUR obs Vormund m (eines Entmündigten)
com. abk
1. comedy
2. comma
3. commander
4. commerce
5. commercial
6. commission
7. commissioner
8. committee
9. common
comm. abk
1. commerce
2. commission
3. committee
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noun
Ausschuss, der (auch Parl.); Komitee, das
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n.
Ausschuss m.
Komitee -s n.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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