Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A detailed policy report that usually explains, justifies, or recommends a particular course of action.
- n. See aide-mémoire.
Wiktionary
- n. philosophy, government, public policy An essay or report which expresses a position, conclusion, or recommendation concerning a contested issue or undecided question and which usually contains arguments or reasons in support of this position.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a memorandum summarizing the items of an agreement (used especially in diplomatic communications)
- n. a report that explains or justifies or recommends some particular policy
Examples
“Together with Richard Perle, in 1996 they even wrote a position paper for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that made the bizarre suggestion that Israel should encourage the Hashemite monarchy of Jordan “to control Iraq.””
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AFET - EU enlargement
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collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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EU Buzz - collocations
Multiword expressions frequently used in EU context. Many of them have a specific EU-meaning, some of them are topical in 2012 also outside the EU but have a relevance in EU politics. People workin...
absorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 1567 more...
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EU Buzz - noun+noun collocations
absorption capacity, absorption rate, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty, ACP countries and 302 more...
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INTERP - types of documents
accounts laid bef..., alternative amend..., amendment made by, bill, bills of major co..., budget blueprint, bulky document, Code of Conduct f..., committee recomme..., committee reports..., committee’s opinion, committee's propo... and 103 more...
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MUN Vocabulary
suspend, abstain, adjourn, agenda, amendment, binding, background guide, bloc, caucus, chair, dais, decorum and 41 more...
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