first reading

American  

noun

Parliamentary Procedure.

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

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first reading British  

noun

1. the introduction of a bill in a legislative assembly

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Etymology

Origin of first reading

First recorded in 1695–1705

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Example Sentences

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first reading

The Fed’s preferred inflation measure, the PCE price index, will be released alongside the first reading of third-quarter economic growth.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Ben Wood, from tech research firm CCS Insight, remembers first reading the phrase "pervert glasses" in the usually strait-laced Financial Times - a sign, he says, that it had prompted a "significant public backlash".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

A closely watched home price index will release its first reading for 2026 on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Especially if decades, not just years, have passed between one’s first reading and the next; when the reader can’t help but wonder: Is this even the same book?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026

But on this first reading, she calls forth distress, sadness, barely controlled rage.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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