n. A report, especially one concerning the policy or proceedings of a parliamentary group. [French, notebook, from Old French quaier, from Vulgar Latin *quaternum, from Latin quaternī, group of four, from quater, four times; see kwetwer- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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