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1. (n.) referendum
the principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection.
2. referendum
a measure thus referred.
3. referendum
a vote on such a measure.
Etymology: (1840–50; < L: thing to be referred (neut. ger. of referre to bring back; see refer ))
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| Definition of 'referendum' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) referendum
a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate
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| Definition of 'referendum' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) referendum
a diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point
2. (noun) referendum
the right to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature
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| Definitions of 'referendum' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. referendum
a practice which prevails in Switzerland of referring every new legislative measure to the electorate in the several electoral bodies for their approval before it can become law.
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Sense: a general vote made by the people of a country etc for or against a particular government proposal etc.
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 Afrikaans: referendum |
 Arabic: إسْتِفْتاء |
 Bulgarian: референдум |
 Brazilian: referendo |
 Czech: referendum |
 German: der Volksentscheid |
 Danish: folkeafstemning |
 Greek: δημοψήφισμα |
 Spanish: referéndum |
 Estonian: referendum |
 Farsi: رفراندو؛ همه پرسی |
 Finnish: kansanäänestys |
 French: référendum |
 Hebrew: מִשאָל עָם |
 Hindi: जनमत संग्रह |
 Croatian: referendum |
 Hungarian: népszavazás |
 Indonesian: referendum |
 Icelandic: þjóðaratkvæði |
 Italian: referendum |
 Japanese: 国民投票 |
 Korean: 국민 투표 |
 Lithuanian: referendumas |
 Latvian: referendums |
 Malay: pungutan suara |
 Dutch: referendum |
 Norwegian: folkeavstemning |
 Polish: referendum |
 Persian: رفراندو؛ همه پرسی |
 Pashto: دخلكو رايو ته پريښودنه، د |
 Portuguese: referendo |
 Romanian: referendum |
 Russian: референдум |
 Slovak: referendum |
 Slovenian: referendum |
 Serbian: referendum |
 Swedish: folkomröstning |
 Thai: ประชามติ |
 Turkish: referandum, halk oylaması |
 Taiwanese: 公民投票 |
 Ukrainian: референдум |
 Urdu: شوراءے عام |
 Vietnamese: cuộc trưng cầu dân ý |
 Chinese: 公民投票 |
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