A tentative government report of a proposal without any commitment to action, being the first step in changing the law; a discussion document.
In the green paper, the European Commission calls for the inception of free competition in virtually all of Europe′s satellite communications markets.
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(Canada) An official document sponsored by the Crown of propositions put before the nation for discussion.
1998, Commission of the European Communities, Green Paper on the Development of the Single Market for Postal Services, DIANE Publishing Company, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fLdZTV6GUv4C&pg=PA29&dq=%22green+paper%22|%22green+pape…
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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