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单词 municipality
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Definition of municipality in English:

municipality

nounPlural municipalities mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpalɪtimjuˌnɪsəˈpælədi
  • 1A town or district that has local government.

    voters in each municipality choose between four candidates
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the pilot project is successful, the program could be expanded to other municipalities and cities.
    • So far only three town municipalities in Namibia have their own traffic officers.
    • The state should distribute some revenue to municipalities such as Pittsburgh.
    • Each municipality described in the study contains municipal as well as community forests.
    • We are studying the development of town blogs in each municipality serviced by a weekly.
    • In other words, it was hands-off to the province and certainly to the cities, towns and rural municipalities.
    • There were no cost-sharing agreements with neighbouring municipalities.
    • An agency will be set up by the municipality to buy the flowers from the growers and market it for them.
    • There are also four golf clubs in the municipality and temperatures at this time of year make a round of the fairways very pleasant.
    • This is a beautiful country and there is a great deal of energy in the municipalities outside the capital.
    • Districts in poor municipalities rely on property tax revenues supplemented by state aid to complete their local budgets.
    • This year, the elections will be held in four regencies and one municipality in West Java.
    • The need to build dikes was a key factor in causing the early settlers to request status as a municipality.
    • Some less-populated and remote counties and municipalities traditionally support certain parties.
    • They would be allowed to vote in elections for municipal assembly members and the head of the municipality they live in.
    • This project may get a loan of 20 million euros, which will be distributed among seven or eight municipalities.
    • Ali said the money would be used to help finance the operations of four training centers in four municipalities.
    • Oshawa was a separate municipality adjacent to the County of Ontario.
    • He praised the Demarcation Board for combining many poorly administered towns into single municipalities.
    • For determining payment to the municipality or county, the trucks have their own water meters.
    • Twenty-two census tracts in 17 municipalities were chosen for the study.
    Synonyms
    borough, town, city, district, administrative division
    North American precinct, township
    Scottish burgh
    French arrondissement
    1. 1.1 The governing body of a municipality.
      locally elected municipalities
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The most important are the title deeds and, if the property is in a town, a building permit from the municipality.
      • In practice some municipalities have no clue how to govern.
      • For the last four months the local municipality has ignored your insistent requests to have it fixed.
      • The municipality has asked us to water gardens and wash cars with buckets rather than hoses.
      • A clearer picture of the powers of the municipalities and the district councils is expected to emerge after this.
      • At the same time, the disempowerment of councilors and the municipality will have a long-term impact.
      • The Committees of Good Government are designed to provide uniformity among the municipalities.
      • The department, the districts and the municipalities are all filled with their protégés.
      • The provincial government and the municipality would do well to at least give the matter careful thought.
      • It's a common problem for democracies, and some municipalities have taken steps to deal with it.
      • He will have the opportunity to be in charge of the whole executive branch of the municipality.
      • Most of the city is without running water and the municipality says they hope to get everything running again by tomorrow afternoon.
      • Many of them said they had received letters from the municipality informing them of the eviction plan.
      • So conceived, a municipality is not a local administrative agency of the state, or even the state in its local guise.
      • Suddenly, they got a call from workers of the municipality informing them that the train had caught fire.
      • He said Chetty would be sorely missed by the municipality and the town.
      • The Chairman of the municipality said that every month medical camps would be conducted for the workers.
      • The various activities organised by the municipality of Bangalore made city life exuberant and lively.
      • It must now see to it that neither private sector nor government bodies such as municipalities violate the law.
      • At the local level, some municipalities have promoted arbitration to resolve conflicts.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French municipalité, from municipal (see municipal).

 
 

Definition of municipality in US English:

municipality

nounmyo͞oˌnisəˈpalədēmjuˌnɪsəˈpælədi
  • 1A city or town that has corporate status and local government.

    voters in each municipality choose between four candidates
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This project may get a loan of 20 million euros, which will be distributed among seven or eight municipalities.
    • Ali said the money would be used to help finance the operations of four training centers in four municipalities.
    • An agency will be set up by the municipality to buy the flowers from the growers and market it for them.
    • Districts in poor municipalities rely on property tax revenues supplemented by state aid to complete their local budgets.
    • If the pilot project is successful, the program could be expanded to other municipalities and cities.
    • There are also four golf clubs in the municipality and temperatures at this time of year make a round of the fairways very pleasant.
    • Each municipality described in the study contains municipal as well as community forests.
    • The need to build dikes was a key factor in causing the early settlers to request status as a municipality.
    • There were no cost-sharing agreements with neighbouring municipalities.
    • The state should distribute some revenue to municipalities such as Pittsburgh.
    • He praised the Demarcation Board for combining many poorly administered towns into single municipalities.
    • Oshawa was a separate municipality adjacent to the County of Ontario.
    • We are studying the development of town blogs in each municipality serviced by a weekly.
    • This year, the elections will be held in four regencies and one municipality in West Java.
    • So far only three town municipalities in Namibia have their own traffic officers.
    • Twenty-two census tracts in 17 municipalities were chosen for the study.
    • They would be allowed to vote in elections for municipal assembly members and the head of the municipality they live in.
    • In other words, it was hands-off to the province and certainly to the cities, towns and rural municipalities.
    • This is a beautiful country and there is a great deal of energy in the municipalities outside the capital.
    • Some less-populated and remote counties and municipalities traditionally support certain parties.
    • For determining payment to the municipality or county, the trucks have their own water meters.
    Synonyms
    borough, town, city, district, administrative division
    1. 1.1 The governing body of a municipality.
      locally elected municipalities
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For the last four months the local municipality has ignored your insistent requests to have it fixed.
      • It must now see to it that neither private sector nor government bodies such as municipalities violate the law.
      • The municipality has asked us to water gardens and wash cars with buckets rather than hoses.
      • At the local level, some municipalities have promoted arbitration to resolve conflicts.
      • Suddenly, they got a call from workers of the municipality informing them that the train had caught fire.
      • It's a common problem for democracies, and some municipalities have taken steps to deal with it.
      • So conceived, a municipality is not a local administrative agency of the state, or even the state in its local guise.
      • Many of them said they had received letters from the municipality informing them of the eviction plan.
      • The Chairman of the municipality said that every month medical camps would be conducted for the workers.
      • The department, the districts and the municipalities are all filled with their protégés.
      • The Committees of Good Government are designed to provide uniformity among the municipalities.
      • A clearer picture of the powers of the municipalities and the district councils is expected to emerge after this.
      • He will have the opportunity to be in charge of the whole executive branch of the municipality.
      • The various activities organised by the municipality of Bangalore made city life exuberant and lively.
      • The provincial government and the municipality would do well to at least give the matter careful thought.
      • Most of the city is without running water and the municipality says they hope to get everything running again by tomorrow afternoon.
      • The most important are the title deeds and, if the property is in a town, a building permit from the municipality.
      • In practice some municipalities have no clue how to govern.
      • He said Chetty would be sorely missed by the municipality and the town.
      • At the same time, the disempowerment of councilors and the municipality will have a long-term impact.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French municipalité, from municipal (see municipal).

 
 
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