Purdah (disambiguation)
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Purdah may refer to:
- The practice of preventing men from seeing women.
- Isolation generally (in colloquial English)
- Curtain (in the Persian language, Urdu and Hindi)
- In the United Kingdom, the period after plans have been prepared but before the Chancellor of the Exchequer's annual budget is announced, when he refrains from discussing any matters which have relevance to the forthcoming budget.
- In the United Kingdom, the time between the announcement and holding of an election. (During this time any governmental activities that may be construed as potentially benefiting or promoting a specific political party or prospective candidate are halted or suspended.)
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