Council
Council noun - A coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose.
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Synonyms for Council
Local government and council are semantically related. in local authority topic. In some cases you can use "Local government" instead a noun "Council".
Nearby Words: councilor, councillor
Local government
Local government noun - The government of a local area.
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Synonyms for Local government
Council and local government are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Council" with "Local government", this terms are similar.
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Wilson telephoned the leader of the council in person, threatening to send the Local Government Audit Commission to go over the Council's books (councillors held responsible for discrepancies can be "Surcharged" and barred from public office); the woman and her family were rehoused the next day.
Source: Useful Notes / Harold Wilson -
Parks and Recreation—An odd one in that it focuses on small-town local government, with a bureaucrat as the central character—albeit a bureaucrat who was for a time a member of the City Council.
Source: Government Procedural
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