a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"
Used in a Sentence
council
How to use council in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for council.
Editorial note
If you want to drive a taxi around your town, you write to the council and apply for a license. They check you and your car out, and if you seem okay, they grant it.
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Definitions3
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Quick take
a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of council gathered in one view.
(Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for council.
noun
a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"
noun
(Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
noun
a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"
Example sentences
If you want to drive a taxi around your town, you write to the council and apply for a license. They check you and your car out, and if you seem okay, they grant it.
How does treating licenses as property make any legal sense, or serve any public good?In the UK, if you want to sell booze from your shop, you write to the council and apply for a license. They check you and your shop out, and if you seem okay, they grant it.
The council actually did it's work in a very transparent manner, using Facebook and other social media to publish drafts and gather feedback.
The author's council could have given him "yes" answer as easily as "no" answer - many other lawyers obviously did since 200 companies got "yes" answers from their councils.
The interest rate was about 9% and they were mostly popular with individuals and local councils looking for short term interest on on-hand cash.-- The correct names of the Icelandic banks where Landsbanki, Kaupthing and Glitnir.
One of the manifestations of dissatisfaction with both Leninism/Stalinism's ultra hierarchical style on the one hand, and the emergence of "union bosses" in the trade-union movement on the other, was a strong ideological attachment to radically non-hierarchical organization among groups like anarchists, council communists, etc.
I'm not a fan of freezing the assets of someone and then overwhelming their legal defense, but this puts the formerly privileged in the same situation that the poor have -- if you think this is unjust because it deprives people of adequate legal council then you should also believe it is injust that the accused poor also have a lack of adequate representation, but you'll never see that presented in Forbes.
Almost the entire piece does nothing but cite facts, such as: the dropping of the nuclear bombs does not figure significantly in historical records of the Japanese leadership's discussion about surrender; the Japanese war council decided on August 8 not even to discuss the Hiroshima bombing; damage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not out of scale with the earlier fire-bombings of other cities; Japanese leaders had expressed a willingness to sacrifice their cities if necessary; Japan's war strategy was predicated on the Soviets staying neutral; and so on.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use council in a sentence?
If you want to drive a taxi around your town, you write to the council and apply for a license. They check you and your car out, and if you seem okay, they grant it.
What does council mean?
a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"
What part of speech is council?
council is commonly used as noun.