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Definition of Grey area
1. Noun. An intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other.
Definition of Grey area
1. Noun. An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories where the border between the two is fuzzy. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grey Area
Literary usage of Grey area
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Teaching of Algebra (including Trigonometry) by Thomas Percy Nunn (1914)
"It is easy to show that, however numerous the rectangles, the grey area will
always be ... The total grey area remains, therefore, one half of the big white ..."
2. Asia's Emerging Regional Order: Reconciling Traditional and Human Security by William T. Tow, In-Taek Hyun (2000)
"... 8 "grey area phenomena" and human security Peter A. Chalk This chapter aims
to broaden the terms of reference through which international and regional ..."
3. The Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations: Market by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"(c) Arrangements for agriculture, 'grey-area' measures, and trade-related ...
'Grey-area measures', such as voluntary restraints or orderly marketing ..."
4. Jury And The Search For Truth: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1998)
"Similarly, there will be a grey area around any legal standard that rests on an
assessment of a fact-based threshold. For example, some situations clearly ..."
5. The Theatre of Violence: Narratives of Protagonists in the South African by Don H. Foster, Paul Haupt, Maresa de Beer (2005)
"A second grey area pertains to those cogs in the wider machine who may not have
... A third grey area refers to the matter of'horizontal' or 'lateral' ..."
6. Reshaping the World Trading System: A History of the Uruguay Round by John Croome (1996)
"Emergency measures against imports other than those permitted under Article XIX
were banned, and existing grey area measures should be phased out or brought ..."
7. Financial Support to Fisheries: Implications for Sustainable Development by Anthony Cox, Carl-Christian Michael Roedsted Schmidt (2006)
"Infrastructure is a grey area and is included in both the WTO and OECD ...
This latter item is a grey area as it is included in the WTO definition, ..."
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