contestable

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The requirement of the Deed of Gift for the Match to be held after 1 May if stage in the the Northern Hemisphere is still contestable, as it is in conflict with the date named by the Supreme Court.

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  • Strongly backing a contestable fund, Discovery Networks UK encloses another report from Perspective, arguing the case for a contestable fund using the BBC co-production partnership model enjoyed by Discovery over the past decade. —  Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
  • The decision to opt for a system of contestable, regional tenders - with government funding allocated over a series of rounds - means that like the BIF, National's fibre investment will be highly bureaucratic.
  • The requirement of the Deed of Gift for the Match to be held after 1 May if stage in the the Northern Hemisphere is still contestable, as it is in conflict with the date named by the Supreme Court. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • Everything was contestable, whether it was the cause of climate change or the fact of climate change, the size of the deficit or the culprits to blame for the deficit —  Sweetness & Light
  • Franchise Customer: A customer whose annual consumption is below the minimum threshold set for customers who are contestable, or who have elected to stay with their incumbent utility provider Incentive Ratemaking: Refers to the practice of using a price cap or other form of performance-based ratemaking instead of traditional cost-plus ratemaking, to give the utility an incentive to be efficient by letting it retain a larger share of any savings it creates. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. from F. contestable (= Spanish contestable = Portuguese contestarel), from contester, contest: see contest and -able.
 

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