rider
12
7.9
- noun
- /ˈraɪdər/
- Formal
- rider to the appropriation
- budget rider
- free rider
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Watch on YouTubeYou see, the families were offered compensation, but the compensation came with the rider.
- You see, the families were offered compensation, but the compensation came with the rider.
- You put in your rider that they need to buy your tequila for your room.
- During her last Girl on Earth tour, her rider included one large fur rug, preferably animal printed.
Examples
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We have a rider change here.
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For want of a rider, the message was lost.
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Be prepared to sign a standard minimum contract, with a 6-month rider.
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In essence, the rider is promoting a giveaway of public timber at great cost to taxpayers.
Academic text (1997) -
The 104th Congress has proposed an unprecedented number of budget riders that would dramatically weaken environmental protection.
Academic text (1997) -
The bill included a controversial rider that many lawmakers felt was unrelated to the main issue.
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During the discussion, she pointed out the rider that added new regulations to the budget proposal.
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The senator proposed a rider that aimed to change the funding allocations for local schools.
Synonyms
257
5.6
A rule in a contract or legal document
181
3.4
A separate section of a legal document like a contract
164
5.3
A separate part of a contract or law that gives a rule people must follow
1
7.5
An exception allowing existing people or things to stay under old rules when new ones start
1
6.9
A numbered part of a contract or law that gives extra details
Compounds
4
8.1
A soldier on horseback in the volunteer unit led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War
4
7.6
People who rode buses into the US South to protest laws that kept Black and white people apart
- Archaic
1
8.3
A person who carries messages for the army by motorcycle often during war
How Disruptive
150
5.8
- Formal
1
9.5
- Formal
12
7.9
- Formal
257
5.6
10
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rider in law comes from the image of something that rides 'along' with a bill, like an extra piece attached to it. So a legal rider is an added clause that 'rides' with the main law.