0 an area of a country or town that has fixed borders that are used for official purposes, or that has a particular feature that makes it different from surrounding areas: --
1 an area of a country, state, or city that has been given fixed borders for official purposes, or one having a particular feature that makes it different from surrounding areas: --
The theater district in New York is in midtown Manhattan.
2 one of the areas into which a country, state, city, etc. is divided, usually for government or business purposes: --
The district sales manager is responsible for leading sales teams throughout the Pacific Northwest.
district council/court/administrator
financial/business/shopping district His office is located in the city’s financial district.
There was no single authority responsible for measures of public health in any district.
Significantly, the girl was an adult and all appeals to the police and district administration regarding this were ignored.
When district variables are not included, the effect of participation on constitutional support loses some statistical and substantive significance.
Thus, where supervision is lax, district leaders, including local bureaucrats, may use their budgetary discretion and the force at their disposal for personal gain.
Table 2 shows the total net revenues of the districts by the production of four crops stated above.
The difference in the prevalence rates between different districts could be due to differences in hygiene practices, like drinking contaminated water and open defecation.
Family carers were not recipients of district nursing support in their own right but were dependent upon the cared-for person receiving nursing care.
The urban district authority was, however, by no means the only body that incorporated a local state presence.
