(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ is the smaller and more important of the two parts of the parliament in some countries, for example the United States and Australia.
The ~ is expected to pass the bill shortly.
...a ~ committee.
N-PROPER-COLL: usu the N
2.
~ or the ~ is the governing council at some universities.
The new bill would remove student representation from the university ~.
N-PROPER-COLL