| 单词 | supply day |
| 释义 | > as lemmassupply day supply day n. Politics each of a fixed number of days on which a legislative assembly debates an opposition motion criticizing the government's proposed expenditure (cf. sense 10a).Originally and chiefly with reference to the British House of Commons (now called an opposition day); later used with reference to other assemblies, esp. the Canadian House of Commons (more commonly called an allotted day or opposition day). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > day of specific debate supply day1792 1792 Hist. & Proc. Lords & Commons 139 He reminded the Right Hon. Gentleman of a question he had put to him the last session on a supply day, relative to 2000 additional seamen, voted then, and of the answer he had given. 1821 Morning Chron. 20 Apr. 2 As they would lose two or three Supply days by indulging members in a longer recess, he should move that the House adjourn. 1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. i. 19 Defeated on a snap vote on a Supply Day debate on the stocks of cordite in government depots, he threw in his hand. 1982 Hansard Commons 19 July 120 The present 29 so-called ‘Supply’ days should be replaced by 19 ‘Opposition’ days. 2006 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 23 Nov. a22 The Bloc Quebecois announced that it would use a supply day to introduce a Commons resolution: ‘That this House recognizes that the people of Quebec form a nation.’ < as lemmas |
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