Also means
reject (in manufacturing)
Usage Note
Ausschuss is a committee of a parliament or council that prepares decisions in a specific field, such as the Haushaltsausschuss. Beware the homograph: in industry Ausschuss means defective rejected goods. Context disambiguates; the plural is Ausschüsse.
Examples
"Der Ausschuss tagte hinter verschlossenen Türen."
Natural Translation
The committee met behind closed doors.
Literal Translation
The committee met behind closed doors.
Related Words
- Abgeordnetenhaus house of deputies
- Abschiebebescheid deportation order
- Abzeichnungspflicht countersignature requirement; obligation to have a draft initialled by a superior
- Aktenvermerk file note; internal memorandum recorded in an administrative case file
- Aktenzeichen file reference number
- Allparteienkoalition all-party coalition; government formed by all parliamentary parties
- Amt office
- Amtliche Beglaubigung official certification; authentication of a document by a public authority
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