Akademik

1. : the stage in the British legislative process following the report stage and usually providing for debate on the reported text of a bill before a vote on its final disposition

2. : the stage in the United States legislative process which follows the second reading and in which an engrossed bill is read usually by title only before a vote on its final disposition

third reading [third reading] noun [C]

the third and last discussion about a ↑bill (= a possible new law) in the British parliament. If agreement is reached, the bill later officially becomes a law.