working party
noun /ˈwɜːkɪŋ pɑːti/
/ˈwɜːrkɪŋ pɑːrti/
(British English) (also working group North American English, British English)
[countable + singular or plural verb]- working party (on something) a group of people chosen to study a particular problem or situation in order to suggest ways of dealing with it
- The government has set up a working party on prison overcrowding.
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