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Bilat vs Blat - What's the difference?

bilat | blat |

As a noun bilat

is (informal) a bilateral meeting.

As an adjective blat is

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bilat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A bilateral meeting.
  • * 2004 , Harvey J. Langholtz, Chris E. Stout, The psychology of diplomacy (page 12)
  • The bilats will often be no more than a few minutes, long enough to say hello and snap some photos
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 8, author=Peter Baker, title=Family Night for Obamas Miffs Some in Moscow, work=New York Times citation
  • , 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. }} ----

    blat

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative. First attested in 1846.

    Verb

    (blatt)
  • 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.
  • Anagrams

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    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Connections; relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
  • To open a new business in Russia you need blat .
    Synonyms
    * guanxi (from Chinese) ----