Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keeling schedule

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: keel-ing sched-ule
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In a bill or enactment, a schedule that shows how provisions of existing enactments would be amended.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Despite its merits, the Keeling schedule has drawbacks. It represents a duplication on the statute book."
"The Keeling schedule is a schedule in the new statute setting out the old statute (or part of it) as it will read after amendment by the new statute."
"Keeling Schedules are resource intensive to produce, which is perhaps why there are no more recent examples."
"The UK Government published a set of Keeling Schedules on 10 May 2023 for the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill version 2."

Etymology

Named after British Member of Parliament Edward Herbert Keeling.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Keeling schedules (plural)

Questions

What does keeling schedule mean?: In a bill or enactment, a schedule that shows how provisions of existing enactments would be amended.
Where does keeling schedule come from?: Named after British Member of Parliament Edward Herbert Keeling.

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