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devo max

devo max noun: full fiscal autonomy for Scotland.

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

Synonyms of devo max

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

Forms of devo max

alternative formdevo-max

Origin of devo max

Clipping of devolution maximum. First attested in 2009http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Qa9DAQAAIAAJ&q=%22devo+max%22&dq=%22devo+max%22&hl=es&sa=X&ei=xoQRVJbvE4T07Ab604G4Bg&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBTge.

Questions about devo max

What does devo max mean?
Devo max means full fiscal autonomy for Scotland.
What part of speech is devo max?
Devo max is a noun.

Words near devo max in the dictionary

  1. devlogs
  2. devnode
  3. devnodes
  4. devnull
  5. devo
  6. devo max
  7. devo-max
  8. devocalisation
  9. devocalise
  10. devocalised
  11. devocalises

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