first reading

noun Parliamentary Procedure.

the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.

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Origin of first reading

First recorded in 1695–1705

Words nearby first reading

first quantum number, first quarter, first quartile, first-rate, First Reader, first reading, first refusal, First Reich, First Republic, first responder, first run
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British Dictionary definitions for first reading

first reading

noun

the introduction of a bill in a legislative assembly
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