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Advisory   /ædvˈaɪzəri/  /ədvˈaɪzəri/   Listen
adjective
Advisory  adj.  Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory. "The General Association has a general advisory superintendence over all the ministers and churches."






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"Advisory" Quotes from Famous Books



... London. He praised the action of the Australian colonies in contributing money to the British navy but could get no promise of similar action from the others. He urged the need of setting up in London an imperial council, with power somewhat more than advisory and likely "to develop into something still greater," but for this scheme he elicited little support. After the Conference Sir Wilfrid visited France and in ringing speeches in Paris did much to pave the way for the good understanding which later ...
— The Canadian Dominion - A Chronicle of our Northern Neighbor • Oscar D. Skelton

... work, that is something which must come to him from within. Usually the engineer knows that he has become a factor in his chosen branch or specialty when he finds himself becoming more and more sought in an advisory capacity among his fellows. He can judge that he has become an authority in his work by the simple process of comparing himself and his work with others and the work of these others in the field. If he finds that he is designing a better plant or automatic machine, or more ...
— Opportunities in Engineering • Charles M. Horton

... of the whole system will be under the Board of Trade. But in order to secure absolute impartiality as between the interests of capital and labour, Joint Advisory Committees, to contain in equal numbers representatives of employers and work-people, will be established in the principal centres. Thus we shall apply to the local management of Labour Exchanges the same principle of parity of representation between ...
— Liberalism and the Social Problem • Winston Spencer Churchill

... Mrs. Stowe desired to give a portion of her earnings from "Uncle Tom" for the founding of a school for the benefit of the Afro-American, and this convention was called to formulate an advisory plan. ...
— The Early Negro Convention Movement - The American Negro Academy, Occasional Papers No. 9 • John W. Cromwell

... board, of even greater ability, to read, digest and criticise the work of the other two boards and report their findings directly to him, giving a brief summary of their reasons and recommendations. To assist in this work he engaged in an advisory capacity three eminent lawyers from England, ...
— Philip Dru: Administrator • Edward Mandell House


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