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What (who) is upper chamber - definition

CHAMBER OF A BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE
Upper House; First chamber; Upper chamber; Revising chamber; The Upper House
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upper chamber         
¦ noun another term for upper house.
Upper House         
(Upper Houses)
1.
In Britain, the Upper House is the House of Lords
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The decision was announced after objections were raised in the Upper House of Parliament.
N-PROPER
2.
In the United States, the Upper House is the Senate
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N-PROPER
3.
In other countries where the parliament is divided into two groups of members, the Upper House is the more senior of these groups, although it may not be more powerful.
The Upper House of the German parliament is to meet today in Berlin.
N-COUNT: also N-PROPER
Upper house         
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.Bicameralism (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted power than the lower house.

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Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted power than the lower house. A legislature composed of only one house (and which therefore has neither an upper house nor a lower house) is described as unicameral.

Examples of use of upper chamber
1. New York‘s next senator is likely to enter the upper chamber close to last in seniority.
2. Preliminary results from the upper chamber show Mugabe‘s party ahead by three seats.
3. The Senate or upper chamber of parliament has backed the ministry’s decision.
4. He also proposed a time limit for the upper chamber to consider legislation.
5. Dissolving the lower house to punish the upper chamber has also been widely criticised as illogical.