gazette

Definitions


[ɡəˈzɛt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a journal or newspaper
(e.g: the Westmorland Gazette)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: via French from Italian gazzetta, originally Venetian gazeta de la novità ‘a halfpennyworth of news’ (because the news-sheet sold for a gazeta, a Venetian coin of small value)


[ɡəˈzɛt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- announce or publish (something) in an official gazette
(e.g: we will need to gazette the bill if a decision cannot be reached imminently)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: via French from Italian gazzetta, originally Venetian gazeta de la novità ‘a halfpennyworth of news’ (because the news-sheet sold for a gazeta, a Venetian coin of small value)




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