webster
webster — noun
1. a landmark sports-law ruling from 2006, named after Scottish footballer Andy Web
a landmark sports-law ruling from 2006, named after Scottish footballer Andy Webster, which permits a professional to end a club contract early after three years of service, provided compensation is paid by the player or the buying team.
Under the Webster ruling, a player can leave after three years despite a five-year contract.
under the Webster ruling
The club's lawyer studied the Webster ruling carefully before negotiating the transfer.
Many European leagues changed their transfer rules after the Webster ruling came into effect in 2006.
The player's agent cited the Webster ruling during the contract dispute with the club.
Élise wrote a university essay comparing the Webster ruling with the Bosman ruling.
- the Webster decision
less common synonym, also refers to the same 2006 case
- the Webster case
used in legal and sports contexts to refer to the dispute itself
文法句型
the Webster ruling
the Webster case
用法筆記
Always capitalised as 'the Webster ruling' or 'the Webster case'. This is a proper noun referring to a specific legal case (FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber, 2006), not a general rule about football contracts.
常見錯誤
2. a person whose job is to weave cloth; a weaver. This word is now very old-fashio
a person whose job is to weave cloth; a weaver. This word is now very old-fashioned and rarely used in modern English except in historical writing or as part of a surname.
In medieval England, a webster worked at a wooden loom from sunrise until sunset.
archaic occupation: webster = weaver
The village webster supplied linen and woollen cloth to the local market every Saturday.
Nora discovered that her great-grandfather had been a webster in a small Scottish town.
Old tax records show that the webster earned less money than the village blacksmith.
The museum displayed a webster's wooden loom and spinning wheel from the 1700s.
- weaver
the modern standard term; 'webster' is its archaic equivalent
文法句型
a webster
the webster
用法筆記
An archaic term that survives almost entirely in surnames (e.g., the lexicographer Noah Webster). In modern English, 'weaver' is the standard word. Distinguish from sense 1 (FOOTBALL CONTRACT RULING), which is a 21st-century legal term unconnected to weaving.