DEPUTIES

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		A law setting up an Environmental Fund for Romania has recently passed the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. (references)
		In addition, after the July elections, there were 87 women in the 500-member Chamber of Deputies and 19 in the 128-member Senate. (references)
		The sector has been undergoing a process of "consolidation" as mergers of small and medium sized banks gather pace and weaker institutions in the market are weeded out. The latest shifts in the management of the leading banks and Ministry of Finance seem to be indicating a tendency toward centralization of the banking system under the "auspices" of the Central Bank. The higher management of four largest banks had been replaced with the former deputies of the CBU Chairman. (references)
Children	Mexico	On April 16, the Federal Chamber of Deputies Committee for Vulnerable Groups estimated that some 300 children die every year due to domestic violence. (references)
	Costa Rica	On January 25, four deputies in the Legislative Assembly filed an injunction against the Minister of Finance and the National Treasurer alleging that they had not paid the PANI funds allocated to it under the law on Alcohol and Cigarette Taxes. (references)
Civil Liberties	Tunisia	In April the Chamber of Deputies approved several changes to the Press Code. (references)
Discrimination	Romania	The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies passed the ordinance during the year, but the Chamber amended it to exclude sexual orientation as a basis for discrimination, while the Senate passed it unchanged. (references)
Economic History	Comoros	The deputies of Mayotte abstained. (references)
	Italy	The Chamber of Deputies has 630 members. (references)
Human Rights	Brazil	In early December, the Human Rights Commission of the Chamber of Deputies began to investigate the allegations. (references)
	Brazil	Pascoal's 1998 election to the federal Chamber of Deputies gave him parliamentary immunity from all prosecution. (references)
	Benin	In response opposition deputies proposed a law granting him amnesty, but the measure was ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court. (references)
Indigenous People	Brazil	Human rights groups and the Human Rights Commission of the Chamber of Deputies criticized the alleged sexual abuse of members of indigenous groups by soldiers in army units stationed in the state of Roraima. (references)
Political Economy	Brazil	Chamber terms are for four years, and Deputies are elected statewide. (references)
	Brazil	The Congress consists of two houses, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. (references)
Political Rights	Uruguay	Three of 30 senators and 13 of 99 deputies are women. (references)
	Armenia	Only 4 of the 131 deputies in the Parliament are female. (references)
	Senegal	Only 19 female deputies hold seats in the 120-member National Assembly. (references)
Women	Benin	Some women deputies have threatened to call for public protests if the legislation does not receive full, fair, and expeditious consideration. (references)
	Nicaragua	The case publicized the problems of incest, rape, and women's rights and also highlighted the issue of immunity from prosecution for parliamentary deputies. (references)
	Chile	In the face of heavy opposition from the Catholic Church, the Chamber of Deputies approved a divorce bill in 1997; the bill faces Senate opposition but was still on the legislative agenda at year's end. (references)
Worker Rights	Brazil	Legislation that would permit confiscation of land on which forced labor is discovered was approved by the Chamber of Deputies and was awaiting a vote in the Senate at year's end. (references)
	Luxembourg	In February the Chamber of Deputies debated the Government's policy that grants limited entry visas and special work permits to nearly 1,000 women a year, mainly from Eastern Europe, to work as performers in cabarets. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speeches: DEPUTIES

Usage Frequency: DEPUTIES

Expressions: DEPUTIES

Modern Translations: DEPUTIES

Language		Translations for "DEPUTIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		代理 (Agent, deputise, Deputize, Deputy). (various references)

Danish		Deputeretkammeret (Chamber of Deputies, Congress of Deputies), befuldmaegtigede og deres stedfortraeder (election agents and their deputies). (various references)

Dutch		de gemachtigde en diens plaatsvervangers (election agents and their deputies), Huis van Afgevaardigden (Chamber of Deputies), Congres van Afgevaardigden (Congress of Deputies), Comité van Suppleanten (Committee of Deputies), afgevaardigden van de ministers (Ministers' Deputies). (various references)

Finnish		edustajakamari (Chamber of Deputies). (various references)

French		droit d'initiative en matière législative (right of deputies to initiate legislation), droit d'initiative des parlementaires en matière législative (right of deputies to initiate legislation), Délégués des Ministres (Ministers' Deputies), les délégués titulaires et les délégués suppléants (election agents and their deputies), Congrès des députés (Congress of Deputies), Chambre des Députés (Chamber of Deputies). (various references)

German		die Vertrauensmänner und deren Stellvertreter (election agents and their deputies), Kongreß der Abgeordneten (Congress of Deputies), Abgeordnetenkammer (Chamber of Deputies). (various references)

Greek		�'ουλή (Congress of Deputies). (various references)

Hungarian		képviselőház (chamber of deputies, house of parliament, house of representatives, lower chamber). (various references)

Italian		delegati di lista (election agents and their deputies), delegati dei candidati (election agents and their deputies), Congresso dei deputati (Congress of Deputies), Camera dei deputati (Chamber of Deputies). (various references)

Korean		다이리인 (Deputy). (various references)

Pig Latin		eputiesday

Portuguese		delegados efectivos e delegados suplentes (election agents and their deputies), Congresso dos Deputados (Congress of Deputies), Câmara dos Deputados (Chamber of Deputies, parliament). (various references)

Romanian		camera deputaţilor (dail, lower house, the chamber of deputies). (various references)

Spanish		Reglamento del Congreso de los Diputados (Standing Orders of the Congress, Standing Orders of the Congress of Deputies), Reglamento del Congreso (Standing Orders of the Congress, Standing Orders of the Congress of Deputies), Congreso de Diputados (Congress of Deputies), Cámara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Bible Trace: DEPUTIES

Language	Date	Source	Esther Chapter 9, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Oi gar arconteV twn satrapwn kai oi turannoi kai oi basilikoi grammateiV etimwn touV ioudaiouV o gar foboV mardocaiou enekeito autoiV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Nam et provinciarum iudices duces et procuratores omnisque dignitas quae singulis locis et operibus praeerat extollebant Iudaeos timore Mardochei
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	For and of prouyncis the iugis, dukis, and procuratoures, and al dignete, that to alle placis and werkis weren beforn, ful out enhauncide the Jewis, for drede of Mardoche,
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And all the chiefs and the captains and the rulers and those who did the king's business gave support to the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai had come on them.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Matched Bible Translations: DEPUTIES

Language	Esther Chapter 9, Verse 3
Albanian	Tërë krerët e krahinave, satrapët, qeveritarët dhe ata që merreshin me punët e mbretit i përkrahën Judejtë, sepse tmerri i Mardokeut i kishte zënë.
Cebuano	Ug ang tanang mga principe sa mga lalawighan, ug ang mga labawng punoan sa lalawigan, ug ang mga gobernador, ug sila nga naghimo sa bulohaton sa hari, mingtabang sa mga Judio; tungod kay ang pagkahadlok kang Mardocheo miabut kanila.
Croatian	Svi su knezovi pokrajina i namjesnici, upravljaèi i èinovnici kraljevi štitili Židove jer ih je obuzeo strah od Mordokaja.
Danish	Og alle Landenes Fyrster og Satraperne og Statholderne og de kongelige Embedsmænd hjalp Jøderne, thi Frygt for Mordokaj var faldet på dem.
Dutch	En al de oversten der landschappen, en de stadhouders, en landvoogden, en die het werk des konings deden, verhieven de Joden; want de vreze van Mordechai was op hen gevallen.
Finnish	Ja kaikki maaherrat, satraapit ja käskynhaltijat ja kuninkaan virkamiehet kannattivat juutalaisia, sillä kauhu Mordokaita kohtaan oli vallannut heidät.
French	Et tous les chefs des provinces, les satrapes, les gouverneurs, les fonctionnaires du roi, soutinrent les Juifs, � cause de l`effroi que leur inspirait Mardochée.
German	Auch alle Obersten in den Landen und Fürsten und Landpfleger und Amtleute des Königs halfen den Juden; denn die Furcht vor Mardochai war über sie gekommen.
Haitian Creole	Sa ki pi rèd, tout gouvènè yo, tout prefè yo ak tout anplwaye leta yo nan tout pwovens yo te pran pou jwif yo, paske yo te pè Madoche anpil.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Malahan semua pembesar provinsi, para gubernur, bupati dan pejabat kerajaan menyokong orang Yahudi karena semuanya takut kepada Mordekhai.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka segala pemerintah dan khalifat dan penghulu negeri-negeri dan segala orang yang dalam pekerjaan raja itu mempermuliakan orang Yahudi, karena gentar akan Mordekhai berlakulah atas mereka itu.
Italian	Tutti i capi delle province, i satrapi, i governatori e quelli che curavano gli affari del re diedero man forte ai Giudei, perché il timore di Mardocheo si era impadronito di essi.
Manx Gaelic	As ren ooilley fir-reill ny rheamyn, as ny kiannoortyn, as ny briwnyn, as offishearyn y ree, cooney lesh ny Hewnyn: er-yn-oyr dy row aggle Vordecai er duittym orroo.
Maori	A, ko nga rangatira katoa o nga kawanatanga, me nga kawana, me nga kawana iti, me nga kaimahi i te mahi a te kingi, i awhina i nga Hurai; no te mea kua tau te wehi o Mororekai ki a ratou.
Norwegian	Alle landskapenes fyrster og stattholderne og landshøvdingene og kongens embedsmenn hjalp jødene, for frykt for Mordekai var falt på dem;
Rumanian	Wi toyi mai marii yinuturilor, cqpeteniile owtirii, dregqtorii, slujbawii kmpqratului, au sprijinit pe Iudei, din pricina fricei pe care le -o knsufla Mardoheu.
Spanish	Todos los magistrados de las provincias, los sátrapas, los gobernadores y los encargados de las obras del rey enaltecían a los judíos, porque el miedo a Mardoqueo había caído sobre ellos.
Swedish	Och alla furstarna i hövdingdömena och satraperna och ståthållarna och konungens tjänstemän understödde judarna, ty förskräckelse för Mordokai hade fallit över dem.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings: DEPUTIES

Rhyming with "DEPUTIES"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "DEPUTIES" (pronounced de"pyutēz or de"pyuwtēz)
4	-u t ē z	abilities, abnormalities, absurdities, activities, affinities, ambiguities, amenities, animosities, annuities, antiquities, anxieties, atrocities, authorities, availabilities, banalities, brutalities, calamities, capabilities, capacities, causalities, cavities, celebrities, charities, commodities, commonalities, communities, complexities, curiosities, deformities, deities, densities, disabilities, disability, disparities, divinities, eccentricities, enmities, entities, equities, extremities, facilities, fatalities, festivities, fidelities, formalities, fraternities, generalities, gratuities, hostilities, humanities, humanity, identities, illegalities, immunities, improprieties, impurities, indemnities, indignities, inequalities, inequities, infidelities, infirmities, insecurities, instabilities, intensities, irregularities, legalities, liabilities, liquidities, localities, majorities, maturities, minorities, modalities, municipalities, nationalities, necessities, niceties, obscenities, oddities, opportunities, parities, peculiarities, personalities, pieties, possibilities, principalities, priorities, probabilities, proclivities, propensities, qualities, quantities, rarities, realities, responsibilities, rigidities, securities, sensibilities, sensitivities, similarities, societies, sororities, technicalities, tonalities, unfamiliarities, universities, utilities, vanities, varieties, velocities, verities, vulnerabilities.
3	-t ē z	amnesties, Antes, beauties, booties, bounties, casualties, certainties, christies, cities, committees, counties, cruelties, diabetes, difficulties, ditties, duties, dynasties, eighties, empties, entreaties, faculties, fatties, fifties, forties, frailties, lefties, liberties, loyalties, Montes, nineties, novelties, panties, parties, patties, penalties, pretties, properties, royalties, seventies, shanties, sixties, sorties, specialities, specialties, subcommittees, subtleties, thirties, travesties, treaties, twenties, uncertainties, vigilantes, warranties, zlotys.
3	-t ē z	abilities, abnormalities, absurdities, activities, affinities, ambiguities, amenities, amnesties, animosities, annuities, Antes, antiquities, anxieties, atrocities, authorities, availabilities, banalities, beauties, booties, bounties, brutalities, calamities, capabilities, capacities, casualties, causalities, cavities, celebrities, certainties, charities, christies, cities, committees, commodities, commonalities, communities, complexities, counties, cruelties, curiosities, deformities, deities, densities, diabetes, difficulties, disabilities, disability, disparities, ditties, divinities, duties, dynasties, eccentricities, eighties, empties, enmities, entities, entreaties, equities, extremities, facilities, faculties, fatalities, fatties, festivities, fidelities, fifties, formalities, forties, frailties, fraternities, generalities, gratuities, hostilities, humanities, humanity, identities, illegalities, immunities, improprieties, impurities, indemnities, indignities, inequalities, inequities, infidelities, infirmities, insecurities, instabilities, intensities, irregularities, lefties, legalities, liabilities, liberties, liquidities, localities, loyalties, majorities, maturities, minorities, modalities, Montes, municipalities, nationalities, necessities, niceties, nineties, novelties, obscenities, oddities, opportunities, panties, parities, parties, patties, peculiarities, penalties, personalities, pieties, possibilities, pretties, principalities, priorities, probabilities, proclivities, propensities, properties, qualities, quantities, rarities, realities, responsibilities, rigidities, royalties, securities, sensibilities, sensitivities, seventies, shanties, similarities, sixties, societies, sororities, sorties, specialities, specialties, subcommittees, subtleties, technicalities, thirties, tonalities, travesties, treaties, twenties, uncertainties, unfamiliarities, universities, utilities, vanities, varieties, velocities, verities, vigilantes, vulnerabilities, warranties, zlotys.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: DEPUTIES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-p-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: deputes, despite, dispute.
	-2 letters: depute, duties, espied, etudes, peised, spited, stiped, stupid, suited, upside.
	-3 letters: deeps, deets, deist, diets, dites, duets, duits, dupes, edits, etude, etuis, pedes, peise, piste, pseud, setup, siped, sited, situp, speed, spied, spite, spued, steed, steep, stied, stipe, stupe, suede, suite, tepid, tides, upset.
	-4 letters: deep, dees, deet, dies, diet.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-p-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: deputizes, disrepute, stupefied.
	+2 letters: despiteful, despiteous, disreputes, multispeed, plenitudes, repudiates.
	+3 letters: eurypterids, expeditious, ineptitudes, outspeeding, pasteurised, pasteurized, pediculates, plentitudes, superintend, uninspected.
	+4 letters: antependiums, computerised, decrepitudes, despitefully, despiteously, disreputable, expenditures, mucopeptides, reduplicates, stupidnesses, superintends.
	+5 letters: counterpoised, deuteranopias, disrespectful, expeditiously, lepidopterous, neuropeptides, pneumonitides, propaedeutics, reproductives, serendipitous, sextuplicated, superinfected, superintended, superordinate, unpasteurized.
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Alternative Orthography: DEPUTIES

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Council	Senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim; classis; Amphictyonic council; duma, house of representatives; legislative assembly, legislative council; riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate; court of appeal; (tribunal); board of control, board of works; vestry; county council, local board.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	And keep your eyes open! I'm runnin' out of deputies. (Silverado; writing credit: Lawrence Kasdan; Mark Kasdan)
Lyrics	With all his deputies (On the Road to Fairfax County; performing artist: The Roches)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	First Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR, 25 May-9 June 1989 : the stenographic record (reference) Leading Improving Primary Schools: The Work of Heads and Deputies (reference) The House of Tunnels (Toby Andrews and the Junior Deputies , No 1) (reference) The Lawmen: United States Marshalls and Their Deputies, 1789-1989 (reference) The Man With the Terrible Secret (Toby Andrews and the Junior Deputies , No 2) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The sheriff, two deputies, and Miller.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Georg Hegel	The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	To this end a bill was immediately introduced into the Chamber of Deputies proposing to make the appropriations necessary to carry into effect the treaty.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	99.92%	1,186	6,518
Noun (proper)	0.08%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	1,187	N/A

Expressions using "DEPUTIES": Chamber of Deputies ♦ the chamber of deputies. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "DEPUTIES": Deputies-elect.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings
	"DEPUTIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dauties, Depuis, deputier, deputine, dipeptides. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	In which Pache sent to the Commune the list of the ministers and deputies held in arrest within their limits.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The leader of the deputies walked to the tent, rifle in hand.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	The nurseries for males of noble or eminent birth are provided with grave and learned professors, and their several deputies.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

DEPUTIES

Definition: DEPUTIES

DEPUTIES

Plural

Synonyms within Context: DEPUTIES

Council

Crosswords: DEPUTIES

Modern Usage: DEPUTIES

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Georg Hegel

Historic Usage: DEPUTIES

John Locke

Use in Literature: DEPUTIES

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Non-Fiction Usage: DEPUTIES

Speeches: DEPUTIES

Andrew Jackson

Usage Frequency: DEPUTIES

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Modern Translations: DEPUTIES

Chinese

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Dutch

Finnish

French

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Greek

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Bible Trace: DEPUTIES

Matched Bible Translations: DEPUTIES

Misspellings: DEPUTIES

Misspellings

Rhyming with "DEPUTIES"

Anagrams: DEPUTIES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: DEPUTIES

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