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recess appointment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
re-cess ap-point-ment
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The appointment by the President of the United States of a person to an office that normally requires approval of the United States Senate, but who is appointed without such approval because the Senate is in recess.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

recess appointments (plural)

Questions

What does recess appointment mean?
The appointment by the President of the United States of a person to an office that normally requires approval of the United States Senate, but who is appointed without such approval because the Senate is in recess.

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