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   gazette

   /ɡəˈzɛt/

   noun

   • 1. a journal or newspaper: "the Westmorland Gazette"
   • ▪ an official publication containing lists of government appointments and promotions and other public notices: "an announcement in Tuesday's London Gazette will make clear that he is being stripped of the honour"
   • ▪ a news-sheet.

   verb

   • 1. announce or publish (something) in an official gazette: British "we will need to gazette the bill if a decision cannot be reached imminently"
   • ▪ publish the appointment of (someone) to a military or other official post: British "he was gazetted to the Somerset Light Infantry"

   Word Origin early 17th century: via French from Italian gazzetta, originally Venetian gazeta de la novità ‘a halfpennyworth of news’ (because the news-sheet sold for a gazeta, a Venetian coin of small value).

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • G

     2

   • A

     1

   • Z

     10

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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