town meeting

town meeting
Synonyms and related words:
airing, analysis, assembly, bicameral legislature, board of aldermen, buzz session, canvassing, chamber of deputies, city board, city council, collective farm, collectivism, collectivity, collegiality, colloquium, commission, common council, common ownership, communal effort, communion, communism, community, conference, congress, consideration, cooperation, cooperative society, court, debate, debating, deliberation, democracy, dialectic, dialogue, diet, discussion, examination, exchange of views, federal assembly, forum, general assembly, house of assembly, investigation, joint discussion, kibbutz, kolkhoz, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislative chamber, legislature, logical analysis, logical discussion, lower chamber, lower house, national assembly, open discussion, open forum, panel discussion, parliament, profit sharing, provincial legislature, provincial parliament, public ownership, rap, rap session, representative town meeting, review, seminar, sharecropping, socialism, soviet, state assembly, state legislature, state ownership, study, symposium, treatment, unicameral legislature, upper chamber, upper house, ventilation

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  • Town meeting — Town Town, n. [OE. toun, tun, AS. tun inclosure, fence, village, town; akin to D. tuin a garden, G. zaun a hadge, fence, OHG. zun, Icel. tun an inclosure, homestead, house, Ir. & Gael. dun a fortress, W. din. Cf. {Down}, adv. & prep., {Dune},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • town meeting — ☆ town meeting n. 1. a meeting of the people of a town 2. esp. in New England, a meeting of the qualified voters of a town to act upon town business …   English World dictionary

  • town meeting — noun count AMERICAN a meeting where people discuss problems affecting the town where they live a. a meeting at which the people of a town or city can meet a national politician to ask questions and talk about issues …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • town meeting — n AmE a meeting at which the people who live in a town discuss subjects or problems that affect their town …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Town meeting — A town meeting is a form of direct democratic rule, used primarily in portions of the United States since the 17th century, in which most or all the members of a community come together to legislate policy and budgets for local government. The… …   Wikipedia

  • town meeting — noun 1. government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters (Freq. 4) • Hypernyms: ↑local government 2. a meeting of the inhabitants of a town (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑meeting, ↑group meeting * * * noun, p …   Useful english dictionary

  • town meeting — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms town meeting : singular town meeting plural town meetings American a meeting where people discuss problems affecting the town where they live …   English dictionary

  • town meeting — meeting of residents of a town; legislative assembly held to pass town by laws and regulations; informal meeting in which a political candidate meets voters and addresses their concerns …   English contemporary dictionary

  • town meeting — town′ meet′ing n. 1) gov a general meeting of the inhabitants of a town 2) gov (esp. in New England) a legislative assembly of the qualified voters of a town • Etymology: 1630–40 …   From formal English to slang

  • town meeting — 1. a general meeting of the inhabitants of a town. 2. (esp. in New England) a legislative assembly of the qualified voters of a town. [1630 40] * * * Legislative assembly of a U.S. town in which all or some voters are empowered to conduct the… …   Universalium

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