black box settlement
n.— «“This is what industry calls a ‘black box’ settlement,” said Jim Greenwood, director of the Office of Consumer Counsel, which participated in the settlement. “What it means is that although the parties could agree on a revenue number, they disagreed on certain principles.”» —“Electric bills may rise 7.7% in Jan.” by Gargi Chakrabarty Rocky MOuntain News (Denver, Colorado) Oct. 21, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Sure, there’s winter, spring, summer, and fall. But the seasons in between have even more poetic names. In Alaska, greenup describes a sudden, dramatic burst of green after a long, dark winter. And there are many, many terms for a cold snap...
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