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presidential memorandum

presidential memorandum noun: a legally binding directive issued by the President of the United States, typically requiring one or more government agencies to carry out specified actions or to commence a regulatory process.

Noun (1)

presidential memorandum (plural presidential memoranda)

  1. (US) A legally binding directive issued by the President of the United States, typically requiring one or more government agencies to carry out specified actions or to commence a regulatory process.
    • 17 The Council on Economic Policy, established in February 1973 by Richard Nixon, was formally created by presidential memorandum, generally considered less prestigious than an executive order. The September 19 Haig memorandum to ...1982, Roger B. Porter, Presidential Decision Making: The Economic Policy Board, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41
    • Not surprisingly, agencies faced with massive hiring have concerns about making the process both faster and more user-friendly, and the presidential memorandum responds to those concerns quite concretely. As we saw earlier, currently, ...2015, Norma M. Riccucci, Public Personnel Management, Routledge, →ISBN, page 143

Noun (2) capitalized: Presidential Memorandum

Presidential Memorandum (plural Presidential Memoranda)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of presidential memorandum.

Synonyms of presidential memorandum

Forms of presidential memorandum

pluralpresidential memoranda
alternative formPresidential Memorandum
pluralPresidential Memoranda

Questions about presidential memorandum

What does presidential memorandum mean?
Presidential memorandum means a legally binding directive issued by the President of the United States, typically requiring one or more government agencies to carry out specified actions or to commence a regulatory process.
What part of speech is presidential memorandum?
Presidential memorandum is a noun.
What is the plural of presidential memorandum?
The plural of presidential memorandum is presidential memoranda.

Words near presidential memorandum in the dictionary

  1. presidentiables
  2. presidential
  3. presidential letter
  4. presidential letters
  5. presidential memoranda
  6. presidential memorandum
  7. presidential palace
  8. presidential palaces
  9. presidential republic
  10. presidential republics
  11. presidentialisation

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