brief

brief: ▪ I. brief brief ¹ [briːf] noun [countable]

1. COMMERCE official instructions that explain what someone's job is or what their duties are:

• The auditor's brief is to monitor and report upon agencies' effectiveness.

• The topic of your talk is specified in advance, and you will be expected to keep to your brief.

creˌative ˈbrief

MARKETING COMMERCE a document which gives details about how a product is to be advertised:

• Many agencies have now arrived at a very similar format for creative briefs.

deˈsign brief COMMERCE MANUFACTURING

a set of instructions about what a new product should look like or what features it should have:

• Part of Carvin's design brief was to keep the controls as simple and as familiar-looking as possible.

ˈwatching brief

when someone is given the job of watching the progress of part of a business, a series of events, or a court case for someone else:

• He has been hired to keep a watching brief on the company's road transport operation.

2. LAW a document prepared for a lawyer to use when representing a client in a court of law. The brief includes all the details of the case and all the points of law relating to it:

• His lawyer is still preparing his brief.

3. informal LAW a solicitor:

• It's time you got yourself a brief.

[m0] ▪ II. brief brief ² verb [transitive]

1. COMMERCE to give someone the information they need about something, for example so that they can do work related to it:

• Allen was in London yesterday to brief investors about the company's efforts to return to profitability.

2. LAW to give instructions to a lawyer who will represent a client in court:

• The usual action must be taken to retain and brief counsel.

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brief UK US /briːf/ noun [C]

► WORKPLACE instructions that explain what someone's work or task is: »His brief was to streamline the group's financial services operation.
give sb/prepare a brief »We have prepared a brief for a full study by a consultant.

► LAW a document that shows the facts of a legal case that will be argued by a lawyer in a court: »to prepare/file/submit a brief

→ See also CREATIVE BRIEF(Cf. ↑creative brief), DESIGN BRIEF(Cf. ↑design brief), WATCHING BRIEF(Cf. ↑watching brief)

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brief UK US /briːf/ verb [T]

► to give someone information about something: »Managers were touring the US to brief investors on last week's interim results.

► WORKPLACE to explain someone's work or task to them: »It's my job to brief volunteers beforehand and explain what their responsibilities are.

► LAW to tell a lawyer the facts of a legal case that he or she will argue in court

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