municipal

CEFRB2

/mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Relating to a town or city's local government.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A financial instrument issued by a municipality.

Examples

  • The municipal council all but ignored the gravity of the pollution.

  • The municipal council should concentrate more on specific issues.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).

  2. Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.

More examples

In context

  • “This might be the last great opportunity for preretirement baby boomers to buy municipals at such attractive levels,” said Janet Fiorenza, head of municipal fixed income at Lehman Brothers Asset Management.

  • More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

Borrowed from French municipal, from Latin mūnicipālis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”), from mūniceps (“a citizen, an inhabitant of a free town”), from mūnus (“duty”) + capiō (“to take”).