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Definition: Foreign Service |
Foreign ServiceNoun1. The part of the executive branch that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Foreign ServiceSynonyms: Consular service, Consular service and consulates, Diplomatic and consular service, Diplomatic service. (additional references) |
Crosswords: Foreign Service |
| English words defined with "Foreign Service": In ordinary ♦ Lansquenet. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Foreign Service": Agricultural Attache, Counselor, or Trade Officer, Agricultural Quarantine Inspection, Agricultural Trade Office ♦ Blended credit ♦ claims on governments,etc.as % of M2, Consumer-oriented agricultural products, Cooperator Program, CUSTOMS BROKER, customs-house broker ♦ DIRECTOR, FIELD ♦ Export Incentive Program ♦ FAS, Federal Noxious Weed Act, Federal Plant Pest Act, field director, Field service agency, foreign-aimed security, FOREIGN-STUDENT ADVISER, foreign-targeted security ♦ General Sales Manager, GSM-5, Direct Export Credit Program, GUARD, IMMIGRATION ♦ Immigrants ♦ Karnal bunt ♦ MANAGER, EXPORT, MANAGER, STATION, Market Access Program ♦ PASSENGER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, Pesticide Data Program ♦ United States And Foreign Commercial Service ♦ visiting-student counselor. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Men wanted over 31 years of age for American Red Cross foreign service / P.I.B. 18. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Two years after WTO accession, the health insurance sector will be opened to foreign service suppliers. (references) | |
Nonetheless, these service companies may provide excellent business opportunities for foreign equipment manufacturers or foreign service companies able to license their technology. (references) | ||
Foreign service providers should appoint a qualified and effective local representative who can provide information on opportunities, assist in submitting bids and is well acquainted with local key decision makers and business practices. (references) | ||
Economic History | China | All other foreign service suppliers may operate in China through a joint venture. (references) |
Brazil | In practice, it is difficult for foreign service firms to operate in the public sector in Brazil unless in association with a local firm. (references) | |
Botswana | Updated daily, DOSFAN includes Background Notes; daily press briefings; Country Commercial Guides; directories of key officers of Foreign Service posts; etc. (references) | |
Political Economy | CHINA | At present, foreign service providers are largely restricted to operations under the terms of selective "experimental" licenses. (references) |
VENEZUELA | Exceptions may be granted to foreign service companies and their professional staff for limited periods of time and for specific projects or contracts. (references) | |
Travel | Lebanon | U.S. business travelers are encouraged to obtain a copy of the "Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts: A Guide for Business Representatives" available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; Tel: (202) 512-1800; fax (202) 512-2250. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Legislation was passed to give divorced spouses of foreign service officers rights to share in pension benefits. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
foreign service | 99 |
foreign service exam | 57 |
foreign service institute | 42 |
exam foreign service written | 4 |
exchange foreign service trading | 4 |
foreign service language institute | 3 |
america credentials foreign service | 2 |
credential education evaluation foreign service | 2 |
academic credentials foreign service | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Foreign Service"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Dutch | Bureau Vergoedingen Personeel Buitenlandse Dienst (Foreign Service Personnel Reimbursements Section). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | Bureau des Indemnisations du Personnel du Service Extérieur (Foreign Service Personnel Reimbursements Section). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Referat Vergütungen Personal Diplomatischer Dienst (Foreign Service Personnel Reimbursements Section). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | oreignfay ervicesay дипломатическая служба. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-f-g-i-i-n-o-r-r-s-v" | |
-3 letters: reservicing. | |
-4 letters: ferrocenes, fervencies, foreigners, foreseeing, overseeing, recoveries, recovering, reenforces, refineries, reinforces, reverifies, vicereines. | |
-5 letters: conferees, confreres, congeries, conserver, converges, converser, coverings, enforcers, erigerons, ferneries, ferrocene, fingerers, foreigner, forgeries, forgivers, frescoing, groceries, inferiors, isogeneic, receivers, receiving, recognise, reenforce, regencies, reinforce, rescoring, reservice, reserving, revengers, reversing, reversion, revoicing, scrieving, scrivener, servicing, sovereign, vergences, verifiers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 6F 72 65 69 67 6E 53 65 72 76 69 63 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101111 01110010 01100101 01101001 01100111 01101110 00100000 01010011 01100101 01110010 01110110 01101001 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F o r e i g n   S e r v i c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 006F 0072 0065 0069 0067 006E 0053 0065 0072 0076 0069 0063 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40818471757380253718488756971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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