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‖ ad referendum|æd rɛfəˈrɛndəm| [mod.L., = ‘for reference’.] In diplomatic use, a phr. describing the acceptance of proposals by representatives subject to the assent of their principals.
1781J. Adams in Wks. (1852) VII. 488 They will take the proposition ad referendum immediately. 1787Gentl. Mag. 1015/2 Congress have taken this generous offer of his ad referendum. 1815Wellington Dispatches (1838) XII. 287 The agreement was read to the whole, and taken ad referendum by the Russian and Prussian Ministers. 1906Hardy Dynasts ii. v. i. 258 Prince Eugène will..make the formal offer in his name... Which I can but receive ad referendum. |