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lower house

lower house noun: the lower legislative house in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power to raise and spend money.

Noun

lower house (plural lower houses)

  1. The lower legislative house in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power to raise and spend money.
    • In March, Thais will vote for the 500-seat lower house of parliament. But the 250-member upper house, or Senate, will be chosen entirely by the military.2019 February 8, Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, “This princess could be the next prime minister of Thailand”, in CNN International Edition, Cable News Network, retrieved 08 Feb 2019
    Synonyms:
    lower chamber

lower house meaning in Hindi, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic

lower house in Hindi

part of a legislature
निम्न सदन nimna sadan

lower house in Kannada

ಕೆಳಮನೆ, ವಿಧಾನಸಭೆ, ಲೋಕಸಭೆ

lower house in Tagalog

part of a legislature
mababang kapulungan

lower house in Arabic

part of a legislature
مَجْلِس أَدْنَى majlis ʔadnā
More languagesFewer languages
lower house in Thai
สภาล่าง sà-paa-lâang
lower house in Vietnamese
hạ viện
lower house in Myanmar
အောက်လွှတ်တော် aukhlwattau

Synonyms of lower house

Forms of lower house

plurallower houses

Origin of lower house

From lower + house.

Questions about lower house

What does lower house mean?
Lower house means the lower legislative house in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power to raise and spend money.
What is lower house in Hindi?
Lower house in Hindi is निम्न सदन (nimna sadan). See Lower house meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lower house?
Lower house is a noun.
What is the plural of lower house?
The plural of lower house is lower houses.

Words near lower house in the dictionary

  1. Lower General Luna
  2. lower grade
  3. Lower Gwynedd
  4. Lower Heyford
  5. Lower Holker
  6. lower house
  7. lower houses
  8. Lower Hutt
  9. Lower Ince
  10. lower Ivies
  11. lower Ivy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lower house (page history and authors); lower house (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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