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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the second presentation of a bill in a legislature; to approve its general principles (Britain) or to discuss a committee's report and take a vote (US); 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

second reading
    n 1: the second presentation of a bill in a legislature; to
         approve its general principles (Britain) or to discuss a
         committee's report and take a vote (US)