Adjournment
[ə'dʒɜːnm(ə)nt] or [ə'dʒɝnmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the termination of a meeting.
(noun.) the act of postponing to another time or place.
Typist: Rex--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.
(n.) The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.
Typed by Elvin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Postponement, delay, putting off.[2]. Prorogation.
Editor: Tracy
Examples
- He remained until the session closed, and yours was the last bill but one acted upon, and it was passed just five minutes before the adjournment. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It must then be on the plea of your son's delicate nerves and fragile constitution that I found a petition for our speedy adjournment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Nelda