Meanings

demerit system

one's principles and position

one's principles and position

the relation of master to servant

initiative taken by politicians (rather than by bureaucrats, in the formulation of a policy or bill)

full-time househusband

the principle of pleasing everyone

Store owner, at your service

first-to-invent principle (in patent law)

first-to-file principle (in patent law)

the principle of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

results-oriented approach

househusband

Monroe Doctrine

mistress (of the house)

minor

strategy of close-quarters fighting

White Australia Policy (pre-1966 Australian immigration policy)

worship or admiration of Western cultures

Japan Democratic Party (1954-1955)