English 101 for Slow Learners
For lexically-challenged elected officials and airline executives, from dictionary.com:
com·pro·mise
[kom-pruh-mahyz] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, -mised, -mis·ing. –noun
1. a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.
2. the result of such a settlement.
3. something intermediate between different things: The split-level is a compromise between a ranch house and a multistoried house.
