temporary+expedient
121replacement — re·place·ment n 1 a: the act of replacing: the state of being replaced b: an insurer s option under a policy to replace or repair damaged property rather than pay the insured for the loss 2: something that replaces; specif: a new fixed asset or… …
122all-women shortlist — Intended as a temporary expedient, the policy of all women shortlists was introduced by the Labour Party to guarantee the selection of women as parliamentary candidates and thereby boost female representation in the House of Commons. The… …
123Substitution — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Change of one thing for another. < N PARAG:Substitution >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 substitution substitution commutation Sgm: N 1 supplanting supplanting &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 metaphor metaphor metonymy &c.(figure of speech) …
124second — I PART OF A MINUTE ♦ seconds N COUNT (Pronounced [[t]se̱kənd[/t]] in second 1 and 2, and [[t]sɪkɒ̱nd[/t]] in second 3.) A second is one of the sixty parts that a minute is divided into. People often say a second or seconds when they simply mean a …
125makeshift — n. Substitute, temporary expedient …
126substitute — I. v. a. Exchange, commute, change, put in the place of. II. n. 1. Proxy, lieutenant, agent, deputy, locum tenens. 2. Makeshift, temporary expedient …
127Second International — Founded at the International Workers’ Congress in Paris in 1889, the Second International was a loose association of socialist and workers’ political parties and trade unions. It was dominated by the very strong German social democratic… …
128makeshift — make•shift [[t]ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft[/t]] n. 1) a temporary expedient or substitute 2) being or serving as a makeshift • Etymology: 1555–65 …
