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advisory

[ ad-vahy-zuh-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, plural ad·vi·so·ries.

a report on existing or predicted conditions, often with advice for dealing with them:
an investment advisory.
an announcement or bulletin that serves to advise and usually warn the public, as of some potential hazard: a travelers' advisory.
a health advisory;
a travelers' advisory.
an announcement from the U.S. National Weather Service to keep the public informed about the progress of a potentially dangerous weather condition: tornado advisory. Compare warning ( def 3 ), watch ( def 20 ).
hurricane advisory;
tornado advisory.

advisory

/ ədˈvaɪzərɪ /

a statement issued to give advice, recommendations, or a warning
a travel advisory
a person or organization with an advisory function
the Prime Minister's media advisory

First recorded in 1770–80; advise + -ory ¹

Indeed, as an almost purely advisory firm, Lazard is (appropriately) barely affected by the Dodd-Frank reforms.

And if he is re-elected, the House advisory rules prohibiting him from voting no longer apply.

On Nov. 13, after years of deliberation, an advisory panel finally recommended lifting the ban, sort of.

The whole stack was re-evaluated—a “one-time decision,” said a memo from the advisory council, due to “extraneous circumstances.”

To this end, a robust Special Operations Forces presence beyond simply a modest advisory effort should be sent to Iraq.

In connection with the advisory committee's recommendation that the depth of lifeboats shall not exceed 44 per cent.

The advisory board, men who drove past in milk wagons, condemned it as a piece of folly.

You all know something of the scheme; it has been heard and passed as feasible by the Advisory Group.

The policies of the National Trades' Union instead of merely advisory were henceforth to be binding.

The field of this advisory council is indicated in a series of memoranda presented to him in January, 1917.

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