0 using something or someone as a way of getting help, especially in a difficult or dangerous situation:
It is hoped that the dispute will be settled without recourse to litigation.
1 a way of dealing with a difficult or unpleasant situation:
2 help, usually in the form of an official system or process, for someone in a difficult situation:
a recourse for sb The Ombudsman is a recourse for homeowners who feel let down by their estate agent.
At present, older workers have no legal recourse if they think they have suffered age discrimination.
have recourse to sth Not everyone has recourse to expensive professional advice.
sb's (only) recourse is to do sth Their only recourse is to file for an appeal before an administrative law judge.
without/with no recourse to We should be able to resolve these types of disputes without recourse to a public inquiry.
provide/seek recourse The Patients' Bill of Rights provides recourse for patients wishing to sue for damages.
3 the legal right of a lender to take assets belonging to the borrower in addition to the asset used to guarantee the loan, if the loan is not repaid:
4 the legal right to demand payment from someone who has signed a cheque or bill of exchange if the money is not paid on the agreed date:
So once having understood these two different options, why do we need any recourse to economy?
Finally, public awareness of this loss of natural capital was restricted and those directly affected had little recourse.
There can be no access to the body without recourse to norms, power, and discourse that operate to circumscribe the materiality of the body.
With disco, the individual could define him- or herself in relation to the whole, without obligatory recourse to a partner.
This conundrum can also be explained through recourse to the political context in which it occurred.
Establishing what these functions were requires recourse to our analysis of earlier talk and other conversation-external data.
We do not have the recourse he enjoyed when thinking about home.
Without recourse to foreign bilateral trade sources, reconstruction of long-term annual series would be impossible.
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