Bilat vs Blat - What's the difference?
bilat | blat |
(informal) A bilateral meeting.
* 2004 , Harvey J. Langholtz, Chris E. Stout, The psychology of diplomacy (page 12)
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 8, author=Peter Baker, title=Family Night for Obamas Miffs Some in Moscow, work=New York Times
, passage=The club is “a place to see and be seen,” as its Web site says ?— that is, unless you are a visiting president who after a day and a half of blinis, beluga and bilats (the diplo term for “bilateral meetings”) just wants to hang out with the clan. }}
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To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat.
To make a senseless noise.
To talk inconsiderately.
To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
Connections; relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
As a noun bilat
is (informal) a bilateral meeting.As an adjective blat is
.bilat
English
Noun
(en noun)- The bilats will often be no more than a few minutes, long enough to say hello and snap some photos
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blat
English
Etymology 1
Imitative. First attested in 1846.Verb
(blatt)Anagrams
*Etymology 2
(etyl)Noun
(-)- To open a new business in Russia you need blat .