Nation definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary NATION, n. [to be born] 1. A body of people inhabiting ... united under the same sovereign or government; as the English nation; the French nation. It often happens that many nations are subject to one government; in which case, the word nation usually denotes a body of people speaking the same language ... government, but has been conquered, or incorporated with a larger nation. Thus the empire of Russia comprehends many nations, as ...
... quality of being national, or strongly attached to ones own nation. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation; "immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out ... of nationality" 2: the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization Merriam Webster's noun (plural -ties ... the part of the state b. membership in a particular nation 4. political independence or existence as a separate nation 5. a. a people having a common origin, tradition, and language and capable of forming or actually constituting a nation-state b. an ethnic group constituting one element of ...
Most-favored-nation clause definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Most Most, adv. Most-favored-nation clause (Diplomacy), a clause, often inserted in treaties, by which ... as are then, or may be thereafter, granted to the nation which receives from it the most favorable terms in respect of those matters. There was a ``most-favored-nation'' clause with provisions for the good treatment of strangers entering ... Japanese as far as Chungking, and under the most-favored-nation clause the right accrued to us. --A. R. Colquhoun. Mother ...
nation-state definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1918 a form ... as opposed to several nationalities Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also nation state(nation-states) A nation-state is an independent state which consists of people from one particular national group. Albania is a small nation state of around 3 million people. N-COUNT
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary NATIONAL, a. 1. Pertaining to a nation; as national customs, dress or language. 2. Public; general; common to a nation; as a national calamity. 3. Attached or unduly attached to ... adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country; "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark" 2: limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy" [ant: international ... concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country; "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern ... responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [syn: home, interior, internal, national] 6: ...
foreign nation support definitions U.S. Military Dictionary Civil and/or military assistance rendered to a nation when operating outside its national boundaries during military operations based ... on behalf of intergovernmental organizations. Support may come from the nation in which forces are operating. Foreign nation support also may be from third party nations and include ... outside the operational area. Also called FNS. See also host-nation support. (JP 1-06)
nation assistance definitions U.S. Military Dictionary Civil and/or military assistance rendered to a nation by foreign forces within that nation's territory during peacetime, crises or emergencies, or war based on agreements mutually concluded between nations. Nation assistance programs include, but are not limited to, security assistance ...
Carry Nation definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: United States ... destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) [syn: Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation]
Carry Amelia Moore Nation definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: United States ... destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) [syn: Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation]
nation-building definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to ... strong sense of national identity. (JOURNALISM) ...calling for reconciliation and nation building after the bitter election campaign... This revolutionary expansion required energetic nation-building policies. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n
host-nation support agreement definitions U.S. Military Dictionary Basic agreement normally ... agreements, umbrella agreements, and memoranda of understanding. See also host nation; host-nation support. (JP 3-35)
most-favored-nation treatment definitions Britannica Concise Guarantee of same trading opportunities (i.e., tariff concessions) already granted to the most favored nation. It is a method of establishing equal trading opportunities among ... tariff concessions (see tariff) later extended worldwide by most-favored-nation treatment. Such treatment has always applied primarily to the duties ...
host-nation support definitions U.S. Military Dictionary Civil and/or military assistance rendered by a nation to foreign forces within its territory during peacetime, crises or ... mutually concluded between nations. Also called HNS. See also host nation. (JP 4-0)
across the nation definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: extending throughout an entire nation; "nationally advertised"; "it was broadcast nationwide" [syn: nationally, nationwide, across the nation, across the country]
lead nation definitions U.S. Military Dictionary One nation assumes the responsibility for procuring and providing a broad spectrum ... be subject to agreements between the parties involved. The lead nation may also assume the responsibility to coordinate logistics of the ...