Look up: intervention

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   Intervention
   Is the action taken by a monetary authority, government, or agency to influence prices, currency rates, capital flows, liquidity, or interest rates.
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   Intervention
   Any form of government interference with market mechanisms. Intervention is the act of intervening in a market to try to influence the market outcome. An example of intervention is that the Bank of England intervenes daily in the money markets to ensure that interest rates are maintained at the level set by the Monetary Policy Committee. They could also intervene in the foreign exchange market to try to influence the exchange rate, though this has not been done for a number of years.
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   Intervention
   Ministers have a range of powers to intervene in the affairs of poorly performing councils. Set out in the Local Government Act 1999, these powers allow Whitehall to order councils to take particular measures to improve their services - such as making budget cuts or clearing a benefits backlog. In the worst cases, ministers can personally take control of a local authority's services or nominate someone else to do the job.
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   intervention
   [n] - a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries 2. [n] - the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute) 3. [n] - (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress
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   Intervention
   Medical term for any action, such as a treatment or therapy, used to improve a condition such as autism.
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   Intervention
   Intervention: The act of intervening, interfering or interceding with the intent of modifying the outcome. In medicine, an intervention is usually undertaken to help treat or cure a condition. For example, early intervention may help children with autism to speak. 'Acupuncture as a therapeutic intervention is widely practiced in the United States,' ...
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   intervention
   intervention should be understood in its broadest sense to cover the financing of benefits and related administration costs,as well as the actual provision of benefits Category: Statistics • A human activity that prevents or decreases the exposure of individuals to radiation from sources which are not part of a practice or which are out of control,by acting on sources,transmission path...
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   Intervention
   any action which has a physical effect on the fabric of a building.
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   Intervention
   In`ter·ven'tion noun [ Latin interventio an interposition: confer French intervention .] 1. The act of intervening; interposition. « Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax membrane.» Holder. 2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation. ...
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    intervention
    The act or fact of interfering so as to modify. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    intervention
    interference noun a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
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    intervention
    intercession noun the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute)
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    Intervention
    `Intervention` may refer to: * Intervention (counseling), an orchestrated attempt to compel a subject to `get help` for an addiction or other problem * `Intervention` (TV series), a documentary series * `Intervention` (song), a song by Arcade Fire from `Neon Bible` * `Intervention`, a song by Madonna from `American Life` * Intervention (law), a legal procedure for a nonparty to enter an ongoing lawsuit * Art intervention, an interaction with a p...
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    intervention
    (in″tәr-ven´shәn) a procedure done in the hopes of improving health or changing the course of a disease. crisis intervention counseling or psychotherapy for patients in a life crisis that is directed at supporting the patient through the crisis and helping the p...
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    Intervention
    • (n.) The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties. • (n.) Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation. • (n.) The act of intervening; interposition.Interventi...
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    intervention
    (from the article `international law`) It has been argued that force may be used without prior UN authorization in cases of extreme domestic human rights abuses (e.g., the actions taken by ...
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    intervention
    the act or fact of interfering so as to modify.
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    intervention
    intervention, interventional 1. An action undertaken in order to change what is happening or might happen in another’s affairs; especially, in order to prevent something undesirable. 2. The action of intervening, stepping in, or interfering in any affair, so as to affect its course or issue. Now frequently applied to the interference of a state or government in the domestic ...
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    intervention
    An action or ministration that produces an effect or that is intended to alter the course of a pathologic process. [L. inter-ventio, a coming between, fr inter-venio, to come between]
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    Intervention
    See exchange market intervention.
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    intervention
    
    1. the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute)
    2. a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
    
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    intervention
    In a court case, the presentation of a view on the law without representing one of the parties in the litigation.
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