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lower house

[ loh-er ]

noun

  1. one of two branches of a legislature, generally more representative and with more members than the upper branch.


lower house

noun

  1. one of the two houses of a bicameral legislature: usually the larger and more representative house Also calledlower chamber Compare upper house
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of lower house1

First recorded in 1570–80
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Friedrich Merz, the man behind these plans and who is expected to soon be confirmed as Germany's new chancellor, told the lower house during Tuesday's debate that the country had "felt a false sense of security" for the past decade.

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Late last year, the lower house of Congress, which is controlled by Marcos loyalists, filed a petition to impeach Ms Duterte.

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When he tried to win election to India's lower house in 1999, he was defeated.

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France is deeply polarized, and the lower house of Parliament could try to bring down any new government.

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Relations between the two camps soured further when Marcos’s allies in the lower house launched an investigation into Sara Duterte's use of the confidential funds she was allocated when she got the job.

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