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PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does privilege of the floor mean? 

PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR (noun)
  The noun PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR has 1 sense:

1. the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in sessionplay

  Familiarity information: PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("privilege of the floor" is a kind of...):

exclusive right; perquisite; prerogative; privilege (a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right))


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