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blue slip

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables
blue s-lip
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the House of Representatives, a rejection slip given to tax and spending bills sent to it by the Senate that did not originate in the House, per the House's interpretation of the Origination Clause.

American usage

noun

In the Senate, the slip on which the senators from the state of residence of a federal judicial nominee give an opinion on the nominee.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

blue slips (plural)

Questions

What does blue slip mean?
In the House of Representatives, a rejection slip given to tax and spending bills sent to it by the Senate that did not originate in the House, per the House's interpretation of the Origination Clause.

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