See Also: Multilateral(money)
multilateral(dictionary)
multilateral(dictionary)
Multilateral netting system(money)
Multilateral netting system(finance)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)(money)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)(finance)

multilateral (iou)



multilateral adjective. L17.
[from late Latin multilaterus + -AL1, or from medieval Latin multilateralis, formed as MULTI- + LATERAL.]
(Of a figure) having more than four sides; many-sided (lit. & fig.). L17.
J. F. Clarke The whole poem represents the multilateral character of Hinduism.
Orig. (Law), made or entered on by two or more parties. Later more widely, involving three or more States as parties to an agreement, esp. in respect of trade and finance, or of possession of weapons; not unilateral. E19.
Times The..first effective system of multilateral arms control the world had ever known. A. J. Augarde The only way..is for each nation unilaterally to disarm itself. It is unrealistic to wait for multilateral disarmament.
Chiefly Hist. Of a school: offering two or more distinct curricula for secondary education. M20.
multilateralism noun the quality of being multilateral; adherence to multilateral principles and practice, esp. in respect of (spec. nuclear) disarmament: E20.
multilateralist noun & adjective (a) noun an adherent or advocate of multilateralism; (b) adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of multilateralism or multilateralists: M20.
multilaterali'zation noun the action or result of multilateralizing something M20.
multilateralize verb trans. make multilateral M20.
multilaterally adverb M19.
multilateralness noun (long rare) E18.