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1. A way in which something is usually done.
Complicating this whole exchange are incompatible data standards and business conventions.
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2. Behaviour that is considered acceptable or polite to most members of a society.
Is it purely social convention, or is it biological?
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3. An agreement between states covering particular matters, especially one less formal than a treaty.
International conventions and treaties represent the greatest compromises of all.
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4. A large meeting or conference, especially of members of a political party or a particular profession or group.
At European political conventions, we have debates.
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5. An assembly of the delegates of a political party to select candidates for office.
For decades, reporters have both praised and skewered candidates during political conventions.
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6. A body set up by agreement to deal with a particular issue.
The main issue at the convention was ‘Americans' role in the world.’
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7. A meeting of Parliament without a summons from the sovereign.
The Commons request William to take over the administration of the government and to summon a convention.
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8. A bid or system of bidding by which the bidder tries to convey specific information about the hand to their partner, as opposed to seeking to win the auction.
B.J. Herbison's Playing Pinochle page describes a variation of Single Deck Pinochle, and a detailed set of suggested bidding conventions.
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Origin
1. Late Middle English (in convention (sense 3)): via Old French from Latin conventio(n-) ‘meeting, covenant’, from the verb convenire (see convene). convention (sense 1) dates from the late 18th century.
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