Ausgleich

/ ˈausɡlaiç /

noun

1. the agreement (1867) that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ausgleich¹

German: levelling out, from aus out + gleichen to be similar

Example Sentences

Yet Ausgleich and its Hungarian equivalent Kiegyezés simply mean composition.

From Project Gutenberg

There is no doubt that her influence helped the establishment of the Ausgleich with Hungary, but outside Hungarian affairs the empress took small part in politics.

From Project Gutenberg

Until 1526, when the Turks won the all-important Battle of Mahacs, Hungary had had a national King, but in that year the inheritance was claimed by a Habsburg and Hungary was ruled as a part of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867, which set up the Dual Monarchy and gave the country once more a King of its own in the person of the same Habsburg Emperor of Austria.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bond which would join these countries might be less tight and therefore stronger than the Ausgleich, which holds together the kingdoms of Austria and Hungary.

From Project Gutenberg

The word also means an agreement or an adjustment of differences between two or more parties, and is thus the best general term to describe the agreement, often called by the equivalent German word “Ausgleich,” between Austria and Hungary in 1867.

From Project Gutenberg