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committee

com.mit.tee \k*-'mit-e-, sense 1 also .ka:m-*-'te-\ n archaic  1: a person 
   to whom a charge or trust is committed  2a: a body of persons delegated to 
   consider, investigate, take action on, o r report on some matter; specif : 
   a body of members chosen by a legislative body to give consideration to 
   legislative matters 2b: a self-constituted organization for the promotion 
   of some common object