The Vocabulary of Decisions

der Beschluss — a decision made together, the result of a deliberation. Duden’s examples include einen Beschluss ausführen, to carry out a decision. Duden also lists an older meaning, now obsolete: end, conclusion.

die Beschlusslage — the decisions in force. Das ist Beschlusslage, that is what has been decided.

Halten wir fest — let us record that. The chair says it to fix a result.

etwas zu Protokoll geben — to put something on the record.

die Wiedervorlage — resubmission, a date on which a file comes back to the desk for checking.

abhaken — to tick off.

unter Vorbehalt zusagen — to agree subject to a reservation. A yes that is not yet firm often comes with this phrase.

vorbehaltlich der Zustimmung der Gremien — subject to the approval of the committees.

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