devo-max

Noun

devo max (uncountable)

1. (UK) Full fiscal autonomy for Scotland.
   • We will know soon enough whether Cameron's was a masterly piece of nerve keeping, or the fatal blunder that broke the union of 1707. In 2012, Salmond gave some listeners the impression that devo max is what he really wanted. Whatever the outcome, Fleet Street's introspective pundits will say: "I...2014 September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms:

   devolution max, fiscal federalism, independence lite, independence-minus