initiative

  1. Noun.  A beginning; a first move.
  2. Noun.  A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
  3. Noun.  The ability to act first or on one's own.
  4. Noun.  An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
  5. Adjective.  In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.