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city council

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city council
a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
[1780-90]

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  • City council — City Cit y, a. Of or pertaining to a city. Shak. [1913 Webster] {City council}. See under {Council}. {City court}, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.] {City ward}, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. [Obs.] Fairfax. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • city council — муниципальный совет …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

  • city council — 1> муниципальный совет; городской совет …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • City council — A city council or town council is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality or local government area. Contents 1 Australia NZ 2 Sweden 3 United Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • City council — Council Coun cil (koun s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • City council —    During the Middle Ages most cities in what would become the Low Countries were governed by representatives of a duke or count. These representatives were gradually divided into two groups: one that was concerned with the dispensation of… …   Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands

  • city council — noun Date: 1789 the legislative body of a city …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • city council — гос. упр. городской совет (представительный орган местного самоуправления территориальной единицы, имеющей статус city ) Syn: council 2) See: city, alderman, city executive board, common council, town council, county council, borough council …   Англо-русский экономический словарь

  • city council — noun A governing body of people elected to oversee management of a city and represent the interests of residents. See Also: councilman, councilwoman, councillor, councilor …   Wiktionary

  • city council — муниципальный совет Syn : common council муниципальный совет; городской совет …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • city council — муниципальный совет …   Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов

Фильмы

  • Tha Battle Near Stalingrad. (now Volgograd, a city in Russia), 1973 — About the second year of the Great Patriotic War (1942), about the battle on thew banks of the Volga river.
  • The City is Celebrating the Holiday, 1981 — About festive decoration of the cities of Moscow, Lvov and Rostov in the days of the work of the XXVI Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as well as during May (May Day- the Day of International Solidarity of working People celebrated on May 1, and the Victory Day celebrated on May 9) holidays.
  • New Time Of the Old City., 1986 — About changes, which took place at the Production Association "Chaika" ["Seagull"], producing watches, with the arrival of the new director B. Limonov.