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com·mit·tee 
[kuh-mit-ee] Pronunciation Key
[kuh-mit-ee] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a person or group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate, report on, or act upon a particular matter. |
| 2. | standing committee. |
| 3. | Law. an individual to whom the care of a person or a person's estate is committed. |
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| com·mit·tee
(kə-mĭt'ē) Pronunciation Key
n.
[From Middle English committe, trustee, from Anglo-Norman comité, past participle of cometre, to commit, from Latin committere; see commit.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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committee
1621, revival of Anglo-Fr. commite, pp. of commettre "to commit," from L. committere (see commit). Orig. "person to whom something is committed" (1495), broadened 17c. to mean a body of such people.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| committee | |
noun | |
| 1. | a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle |
| 2. | a self-constituted organization to promote something |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: com·mit·tee
Function: noun
1 : a person to whom a charge (as an incompetent) is committed —compare CONSERVATOR, CURATOR, GUARDIAN, TUTOR
2 a : a body of persons delegated or assigned to consider, investigate, act on, or report on some matter; especially : a group of fellow legislators chosen by a legislative body to consider legislative matters (as drafting bills or conducting hearings)committee> —see also CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, JOINT COMMITTEE b : a private organization for the promotion of a common object committees> —compare COUNCIL
Main Entry: com·mit·tee
Function: noun
1 : a person to whom a charge (as an incompetent) is committed —compare CONSERVATOR, CURATOR, GUARDIAN, TUTOR
2 a : a body of persons delegated or assigned to consider, investigate, act on, or report on some matter; especially : a group of fellow legislators chosen by a legislative body to consider legislative matters (as drafting bills or conducting hearings)
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Committee
Com*mit"tee\, n. [Cf. OF. comit['e] company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. County.] One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together. Committee of the whole [house], a committee, embracing all the members present, into which a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations. Standing committee. See under Standing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Committee
Com`mit*tee"\, n. [From Commit, v. t.] (Law) One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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