finance committee
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffinanceandcommittee
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finance
noun
uk/ˈfaɪ.næns/us/ˈfaɪ.næns/
(the management of) a supply ...
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committee
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/kəˈmɪt.i/us/kəˈmɪt̬.i/
a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information ...
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(Definition offinanceandcommitteefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is incumbent on river authorities to set up afinancecommittee, though it is inconceivable that they would not do so.
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This was a fact which the municipal council'sfinancecommitteehad admitted one year earlier.
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Membership was to include the area commissioner, technical officers, the district council chairman, member of parliament,financecommitteemembers, and the executive officer.
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Madison was not on thefinancecommittee.
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The chapter will be supported on financial matters and investment management by afinancecommittee, which will include people with financial expertise.
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In many local authorities there is liable to be bickering between thefinancecommitteeand the education committee on how much to spend on education.
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We served on the central area committee and thefinancecommittee.
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I was also chairman of afinancecommitteeand it is germane to my argument.
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I have spent more than one morning this week examining the estimates before they are presented to my local authority'sfinancecommittee.
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I believe that this case was earlier referred to the local authority'sfinancecommittee.
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The position is monitored regularly by the centralfinancecommittee, which will adjust any imbalance by virement and/or by means of a supplementary estimate.
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This proposal was approved by thefinancecommittee.
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Is that so, or can thefinancecommitteegive a general authorisation.
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You will have the local authority appointing itsfinancecommittee.
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Anyone who has sat on a county councilfinancecommitteeknows that very little can be done.
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But, equally, he is talking to someone who has chaired a local authorityfinancecommitteefor many years and knows how such finance operates.
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Before a rate is levied by a local authority, thefinancecommitteemeets.
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Every spending committee should be afinancecommittee.
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It is absolutely essential that there is afinancecommittee.
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As well as being represented on the commission, all member countries are represented on itsfinancecommitteewhich discusses funding.
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No estimate can be brought forward for an amount over £50 without the approval of thefinancecommitteeof those bodies.
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