Ausgleich
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Ausgleich
German: levelling out, from aus out + gleichen to be similar
Example Sentences
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Parliament was adjourned for a week—to let the members cool off, perhaps—a sacrifice of precious time; for but two months remained in which to carry the all-important Ausgleich to a consummation.
From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Mark Twain
The result was the "Ausgleich" which established Hungary practically on an equal basis with Austria, giving it a separate constitution, legislature and cabinet.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
And there have been those, on the other hand, who see in the Ausgleich nothing save an abandonment of national dignity and who, therefore, would have the arrangement thoroughly remodelled, or even abrogated outright.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
On these terms the Ausgleich could be put through in an hour—apparently.
From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Mark Twain
On these terms the Polish deputies, led by Ziemialkowski, agreed to go to Vienna and vote for the Ausgleich.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
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