| slovo | definícia |
open door
(encz) | open door, n: |
Open door
(gcide) | Open door \O"pen door\
(a) Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome;
free opportunity.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
She of the open soul and open door,
With room about her hearth for all mankind.
--Lowell.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
(b) In modern diplomacy, opportunity for political and
commercial intercourse open to all upon equal terms,
esp. with reference to a nation whose policy is wholly
or partially fixed by nations foreign to itself, or to
territory newly acquired by a conquering nation. In
this sense, often used adjectively, as, open-door
system, open-door policy, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The steps taken by Britain to maintain the open
door have so far proved to be perfectly futile.
--A. R.
Colquhoun.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
open door
(wn) | open door
n 1: the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all
countries [syn: open-door policy, open door]
2: freedom of access; "he maintained an open door for all
employees" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
open door
(encz) | open door, n: |
open door
(wn) | open door
n 1: the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all
countries [syn: open-door policy, open door]
2: freedom of access; "he maintained an open door for all
employees" |
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