review : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changes
  

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• noun a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it
  

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• (Equity), a bill, in the nature of proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled. Wharton.

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• noun a critical review of a book (usually a recently published book)
  

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• (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.

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• noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
  critique; critical review; review.
  

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• noun review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court
  

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• noun (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
  review.
  

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• noun a review devoted to literary criticism
  

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• verb evaluate professionally a colleague's work
  referee.
  

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• noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
  critique; critical review; review.
  

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• noun a copy of a newly published book that is sent for review to a writer or periodical
  

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• noun a stand from which a parade or military force can be reviewed
  

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• noun an agency of the Canadian government that oversees the activities of the Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada and has the power to intrude on the privacy of suspected terrorists or spies
  SIRC.
  

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• noun counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
  censorship; censoring.
  

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