The lame duck

lame duck

a. An elected officeholder or group continuing in office during the period between failure to win an election and the inauguration of a successor.

b. An officeholder who has chosen not to run for reelection or is ineligible for reelection.

2. An ineffective person; a weakling.

lame-duck (l

) adj.

lame duck

1. a person or thing that is disabled or ineffectual

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) Stock Exchange a speculator who cannot discharge his liabilities

3. (Business / Commerce) a company with a large workforce and high prestige that is unable to meet foreign competition without government support

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US

a. an elected official or body of officials remaining in office in the interval between the election and inauguration of a successor

b. (as modifier) a lame-duck president

5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (modifier) US designating a term of office after which the officeholder will not run for re-election

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Noun

lame duck - an elected official still in office but not slated to continue

elected official - official who won the office in a free election

Translations

lame duck

n → Niete f (inf); lame duck company → unwirtschaftliche Firma

lame duck n (person) → persona inetta; (firm) → azienda traballante
a lame duck president (Am) presidente uscente

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B WHO can blame Business Secretary Peter Mandelson for wanting to offload the lame duck outfit that the Royal Mail has become?

Letter: Your view - Mail misery by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

If only the lame ducks had shown such discipline in office as they've demonstrated on their way out

EDITORIAL THANKS FOR NOTHING THE LAME-DUCK CITY COUNCIL GOVERNS BEST ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

The LA Times
The Laboratory of Computational Biology & Risk Analysis
The Laborer's Institute
The Labour Party
The Labour Party
The Lacrosse Forums
the Ladies
the Ladies
The Ladies Home Journal
The Ladies Man
The Lady Julian of Norwich, or Mother Julian, or Dame Julian
The Lady Julian of Norwich, or Mother Julian, or Dame Julian
The Lady Of The Hour
The Lady of the House
The Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Lake
The Lake District
The Lake District
The lake isle of innisfree
The lake isle of innisfree
The Lakers Nation
The Lakes
The Lakes
The Lakes
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
the Lamb of God
the Lamb of God
the Lamb of God
the Lamb of God
The Lambeth Walk

The lame duck

The Lamentations of Jeremiah
The Lamentations of Jeremiah
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
The land league
The land of cotton
The land of cotton
The land of ice and snow
The land of ice and snow
the land of milk and honey
The Land of Nod
The land of the free and the home of the brave
The Land Shark
The Land That Time Forgot
The Land Where Link Lives
The Landes
The Landes
The Landsburg Company
The Landscape is Changing
The Landscape Lighting Site
The Language Academy
The Language House
The Language Of Japan
The Language Teacher
The Language Works
The Lap (Exalted)
The Lap (Exalted)
the lap of luxury
the lap of luxury
the lap of luxury
the lap of luxury

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