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confidence and supply

confidence and supply noun: in a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster system, an agreement by a party or individual members to support the government in motions of confidence and appropriation or budget (supply) votes, by either voting in favour or abstaining.

Noun

confidence and supply (uncountable)

  1. In a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster system, an agreement by a party or individual members to support the government in motions of confidence and appropriation or budget (supply) votes, by either voting in favour or abstaining.

Questions about confidence and supply

What does confidence and supply mean?
Confidence and supply means in a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster system, an agreement by a party or individual members to support the government in motions of confidence and appropriation or budget (supply) votes, by either voting in favour or abstaining.
What part of speech is confidence and supply?
Confidence and supply is a noun.

Words near confidence and supply in the dictionary

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