bailiwick

['beɪlɪwɪk] n

епархия (the sphere in which one has superior knowledge or authority • … concerns at the spy agency that the Pentagon is intruding into its traditional bailiwick. Баян); сфера компетенции; знакомая область; волость (Caithey); сфера знаний (Pippy-Longstocking); юрисдикция (Some asked about issues largely outside Bustos's federal bailiwick – the state tax burden, for instance, or violent crime in Peoria neighborhoods. Pippy-Longstocking); сфера интересов (I established the fairly well-understood pattern that affairs of state were not in my bailiwick. Pippy-Longstocking); предмет интереса (Pippy-Longstocking); специализация (a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work • My bailiwick is international relations. Val_Ships); область; компетенция (Where else but here would someone respond to criticism with a growled "Proferring that assessment, sir, is far from your bailiwick," which spurs the low reply, "Far as that, I went ahead and profited anyway." 4uzhoj)

hist.

юрисдикция бейлифа; округ бейлифа; округ или юрисдикция бейлифа; должность бейлифа

English thesaurus

bailiwick ['beɪlɪwɪk] n

gen.

the office or jurisdiction of a bailiff (merriam-webster.com)

fig., old.fash.

a person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority (Synonyms: domain, department, jurisdiction, sphere, territory, turf, pale • I established the fairly well-understood pattern that affairs of state were not in my bailiwick.

wiktionary.org); area or subject of authority or involvement; the sphere in which one has superior knowledge or authority (a special domain • questions about organization of the fund drive are my bailiwick

merriam-webster.com • … concerns at the spy agency that the Pentagon is intruding into its traditional bailiwick. • Her bailiwick as a child was the violin, but her stage act also included singing, dancing and even an escape-artistry act. • Reardon's usual focus is on using data from pulsar timing arrays to search for nanohertz-frequency gravitational waves, so magnets are a bit out of his bailiwick.); area of knowledge in which a person or institution has control or expertise (There is a faintly old-fashioned, even pedantic air to the term now, so use with caution. • My bailiwick is international relations.

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fig., uncom.

a geographical area over which someone or some body has legal or political control (though this is a less common meaning nowadays

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hist.

the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction (The Bailiwick of Jersey.

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bailiwick

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