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BYE-LAW

Specialty Definition: BYE-LAW

DomainDefinition

Public Administration

A rule made by a local authority for the regulation of its affairs or management of the area it governs(1). Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Date "BYE-LAW" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)


Synonyms: BYE-LAW

Synonyms by domain: -in-law (public administration).

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Usage Frequency: BYE-LAW

"BYE-LAW" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BYE-LAW" is used about 110 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%11030,952

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BYE-LAW

Language Translations for "BYE-LAW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

bygningsreglement (architectural by-law, architectural regulation, building bye-law, building regulation). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

raadsbesluit (act adopted by the Council, municipal bylaw, ordinance), Algemene Politieverordening. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rakentamismääräykset (building bye-law, building regulation). (various references)

   

French

  

règlement général de police, arrêté municipal (municipal bylaw). (various references)

   

German

  

Baureglement (building bye-law, building regulation), baupolizeiliche Vorschriften (building bye-law, building regulation), Ortsbauvorschriften (building bye-law, building regulation). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

οικοδομικός κανονισμός (building bye-law, building regulation). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

testületi szabályzat (by-law), testületi rendelet (by-law), társasági szabályzat (by-law), társasági rendelet (by-law), igazgatósági szabályzat (by-law), igazgatósági rendelet (by-law), helyhatósági szabályrendelet (by-law), helyhatósági rendelet (by-law, ordinance). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Regolamento (regulation, rule, rule book). (various references)

   

Manx

  

leigh er lheh (by-law), fo-leigh (by-law). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ye-lawbay

   

Portuguese

  

regulamento do edifício (building bye-law, building regulation). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

normas de construcción (building bye-law, building regulation), código de construcción (building bye-law, building regulation). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bygg-och konstruktionsregler (building bye-law, building regulation). (various references)

   

Thai

  

กฎระเบียบของสโมสรหรือบริษัท (by-law). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BYE-LAW

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: byelaw.

Words within the letters "a-b-e-l-w-y"

-1 letter: belay, bylaw.

-2 letters: able, ably, abye, bale, bawl, blae, blaw, blew, wale, waly, weal, wyle, yawl.

-3 letters: aby, alb, ale, awe, awl, aye, bal, bay, bel, bey, bye, lab, law, lay, lea, ley, lye, wab, wae, way, web, wye, yaw, yea, yew.

-4 letters: ab, ae, al, aw, ay, ba, be, by, el, la, we.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-l-w-y"
 

+1 letter: beltway, byelaws.

 

+2 letters: beltways, cableway, swayable.

 

+3 letters: cableways, renewably, twayblade.

 

+4 letters: sewability, twayblades.

 

+5 letters: blameworthy, wearability, wettability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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