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71affirmative action — N UNCOUNT Affirmative action is the policy of giving jobs and other opportunities to members of groups such as racial minorities or women who might not otherwise have them. [AM] (in BRIT, use positive discrimination) …
72affirmative action — preferential treatment for particular classes of people when making appointments Originally, in America, denoting attempts to promote black people. Now used of similar preference given to those who are not dominant white, fit, heterosexual… …
73affirmative action — noun (U) the practice of choosing people for a job or education course who are usually treated unfairly because of their race, sex etc; positive discrimination BrE: an affirmative action employer …
74affirmative action — Policies to address and redress employment discrimination. ► “While the swirling debate over affirmative action focuses on getting minorities and women in the door, companies such as Polaroid Corp. are taking a longer view.” (Business Week, Aug …
75affirmative character — patvirtinimo simbolis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. acknowledge character; affirmative character vok. Erkennungszeichen, n rus. знак подтверждения приема, m; квитанция, f pranc. caractère accusé de réception positive, m …
76affirmative action — In employment or admission to programs: a business, institution or governmental agency giving preference in hiring or advancement to ethnic minorities to make up for past discrimination. Affirmative action has been at the center of several… …
77affirmative charge — The general affirmative charge is an instruction to the jury that, whatever the evidence may be, defendant cannot be convicted under the count in the indictment to which the charge is directed …
78affirmative pregnant — In common law pleading, an affirmative allegation implying some negative in favor of the adverse party …
79affirmative relief — Relief, benefit, or compensation which may be due and granted to defendant. Relief for which defendant might maintain an action independently of plaintiffs claim and on which he might proceed to recovery, although plaintiff abandoned his cause of …
80affirmative statute — A statute couched in affirmative or mandatory terms. One which directs the doing of an act, or declares what shall be done; as a negative statute is one which prohibits a thing from being done, or declares what shall not be done …
