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# bailiwick

noun (bailiwick, bailiwicks)

«bailiwick» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person's area of skill, interest or responsibility: «Maths is her bailiwick». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bailiwick/#m1)
2. (UK, law) The area ruled by a bailiff; today Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands are each called a Bailiwick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bailiwick/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in jokey or formal talk about who is in charge of what; in geography, the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Phrases: «outside my bailiwick».

### Examples

- Fixing computers is Dad's bailiwick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bailiwick/#x1)
- Jersey is a Bailiwick, not part of the UK. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bailiwick/#x2)
- Sorry, that's outside my bailiwick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bailiwick/#x3)
- The garden is Grandma's bailiwick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bailiwick/#x4)
- Guernsey and its islands form a Bailiwick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bailiwick/#x5)
- Planning the trip is my bailiwick this year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bailiwick/#x6)

### Note

Old-fashioned or jokey; everyday: «area», «job», «thing». Capital B when naming Jersey or Guernsey.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bailiwick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bailiwick/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bailiwick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bailiwick.html) on Mova free.