about-face volte-face reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
flat coat ground primer priming primer coat priming coat undercoat | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
fuse fuze fusee fuzee primer priming | any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant |
defense program defense policy defence program defence policy | a program for defending a country against its enemies |
tax program tax policy | a program for setting taxes |
policy | a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group, it was a policy of retribution, a politician keeps changing his policies |
beggar-my-neighbor policy beggar-my-neighbour policy beggar-my-neighbor strategy beggar-my-neighbour strategy | a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others, used especially of national policy, the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy |
primer | an introductory textbook |
policy insurance policy insurance | written contract or certificate of insurance, you should have read the small print on your policy |
floater floating policy | an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FISA | an act passed by Congress in to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, intended to increase United States counterintelligence, separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance |
policy | a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government, they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation |
economic policy | a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues |
fiscal policy | a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing) |
social policy | a policy of for dealing with social issues |
foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
trade policy national trading policy | a government's policy controlling foreign trade |
open-door policy open door | the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries |
zero-tolerance policy | any policy that allows no exception, a zero-tolerance policy toward pedophile priests |
Foreign Office | the government department in charge of foreign relations |
French Foreign Office Quai d'Orsay | the French department in charge of foreign affairs, referred to familiarly by its address in Paris |
Council on Environmental Policy | the executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment |
Foreign Service | the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world |
foreign country | any state of which one is not a citizen, working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to |
Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW | an organization of United States war veterans |
foreign legion | a military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state |
French Foreign Legion | a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court F.I.S.C. | a secret federal court created in by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies |
Foreign Intelligence Service Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki SVR | Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information, collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime |
terrorist organization terrorist group foreign terrorist organization FTO | a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
legation foreign mission | a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister |
mission missionary post missionary station foreign mission | an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work |
foreign agent | a spy for a foreign country |
foreign correspondent | a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast |
foreign minister secretary of state | a government minister for foreign relations |
policy maker | someone who sets the plan pursued by a government or business etc., policy makers often make the right decision for the wrong reason |
foreign aid | aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another |
foreign bill foreign draft | a bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another |
foreign exchange | the system by which one currency is exchanged for another, enables international transactions to take place |
foreign strange | relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world, foreign nations, a foreign accent, on business in a foreign city |
foreign-born nonnative | of persons born in another area or country than that lived in, our large nonnative population |
foreign | of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own), foreign trade, a foreign office |
alien foreign | not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something, an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism, the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper, jealousy is foreign to her nature |
policy-making | concerned with policy, not administration |
extraneous foreign | not belonging to that in which it is contained, introduced from an outside source, water free of extraneous matter, foreign particles in milk |
excellent first-class fantabulous splendid | very good,of the highest quality, made an excellent speech, the school has excellent teachers, a first-class mind |