committee // noun [C with sing./pl. verb]

CREDITORS' COMMITTEE, JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE, MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, STEERING COMMITTEE

a group of people who are chosen, usually by a larger group, to make decisions or to deal with a particular subject:

She's on the management committee.

The Monetary Policy Committee has/have voted to keep interest rates unchanged.

Management by committee wasn't working so they recruited an outside person to rebuild the firm.

a committee member/a member of the committee

a committee meeting

❖ to create/establish/form/set up a committee

◆ to be/serve/sit on a committee

◆ to be appointed to/be elected to/chair a committee

◆ a committee meets/votes

• fleet management
• Fleet Street
• flexecutive
• flexible
• flexible benefits
• flexible hours
• flexible working
• flexing
• flexitime
• flight
• flight attendant
• flight capital
• flight crew
• flighting
• flip
• flip chart
• float
• floater
• floating
• floating charge
• floating exchange rate
• floating population
• floating rate
• floating-rate note
• flog