Definitions for initiatives
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1. initiatives

   In political science, an initiative (also known as a popular initiative or citizens' initiative) is a means by which a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a public vote in the legislature in what is called indirect initiative, or under direct initiative, where the proposition is put to a plebiscite or referendum, in what is called a Popular initiated Referendum or citizen-initiated referendum. In an indirect initiative, a measure is first referred to the legislature, and then put to a popular vote only if not enacted by the legislature. If the proposed law is rejected by the legislature, the government may be forced to put the proposition to a referendum. The initiative may then take the form of a direct initiative or an indirect initiative. In a direct initiative, a measure is put directly to a referendum. The vote may be on a proposed federal level, statute, constitutional amendment, charter amendment or local ordinance, or obligate the executive or legislature to consider the subject by submitting it to the order of the day. It is a form of direct democracy.

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   Rank popularity for the word 'initiatives' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4679

How to pronounce initiatives?

1. Alex

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of initiatives in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of initiatives in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of initiatives in a Sentence

1. James Scott:

   You are a product to dragnet surveillance capitalists like Google, Facebook, Comcast and Verizon. Your ideas are rarely your own, rather you are little more than a pawn to their perception steering initiatives to get you to read, believe and buy what they put in front of you. The first step to breaking out of this faux reality matrix is to stop using Google, Bing, Yahoo, Comcast and Facebook.

2. Chief Financial Officer Corey Bieber:

   This is to telegraph to the marketplace that we have enacted some of the initiatives we said we could.

3. Anna Lawson:

   These are all really exciting initiatives that will make a huge difference to some people, but they are very expensive... they're not going to be available to the vast majority of disabled people.

4. Gavin Parry:

   The sentiment on the street globally is that there's probably more upside in Japan as a regional market in terms of a short-term rebound, the markets are so desensitized now to additional easing or expansions of central bank activities that they're now looking for policy initiatives as the next market catalyst. And the market in the region that we believe has the highest probability for policy initiatives, aside from China, is Japan.

5. Robert Thomson:

   The collective cuts in bonuses and other cost initiatives will have a positive impact on profitability and our cash position.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiatives