Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leadership spill

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: lead-er-ship spill
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant and open for re-election.

Example Sentences

"Despite claims by the Snedden forces that the rebels had managed to muster no more than 14 votes for a leadership 'spill', the result in the secret ballot had in fact been very close."

Inflected Forms

leadership spills (plural)

Questions

What does leadership spill mean?: A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant and open for re-election.

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