单词 | ad referendum |
释义 | ad referendumadv.n.adj. A. adv. Pending the assent of the parties involved, or a higher authority; subject to agreement by other parties and (now usually) to finalization of the details. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > provided there is no dispute in the loss of questiona1616 ad referendum1709 1709 A. Boyer Hist. Reign Queen Anne: Year the Seventh 17 The Diet met again, and debated the Answer of the Canton of Bern, and the prince of Conti's Protestation, both of which were taken ad referendum. 1781 J. Adams in Wks. (1852) VII. 488 They will take the proposition ad referendum immediately. 1815 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XII. 287 The agreement was read to the whole, and taken ad referendum by the Russian and Prussian Ministers. 1906 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 2nd v. i. 196 Prince Eugène will..make the formal offer in his name... Which I can but receive ad referendum. 2006 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 16 May They are negotiating with the Europeans ad referendum. B. n. A proposal or resolution referred to other parties for approval or sanction; = referendum n. 1. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > a plan > a proposed plan or a project propositiona1382 present?a1400 motiona1425 pleaa1500 action1533 propose1568 project1582 proposala1629 projection1633 party1653 projecture1658 scheme1719 ad referendum1753 swim1860 action plan1889 1753 B. Keene Let. 2 Nov. in Private Corr. (1933) 354 He is brisk and alert, and none of your ad referendums nor ad amplius deliberandums. 1784 Whitehall Evening-post 7–9 Oct. The Hollanders..must either engage for the sister provinces, or take the consequences of their ad referendum. 1847 Express 27 Oct. 1/6 The usual manœuvring and drawing forth of protocols and ad referendums. 1893 Parl. Deb. 4th Ser. 12 205/1 I have come to the conclusion that an ad referendum is a matter of such transcendent importance that it could not be brought within the scope of the Bill by an Instruction to the Committee. 2013 A. Poot Crucial Years Anglo-Dutch Relations ii. 41 The carefully worded Ad Referendum did not rule out support for the German Protestants. C. adj. Relating to or designating a decision, arrangement, etc., made on such a basis; that is subject to agreement by other parties. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned > proposed overturedc1650 ad referendum1787 1787 London Chron. 18 Sept. 274/3 Every preparation is making to receive the Prussian troops, whose appearance they daily expect, in consequence of their ad referendum resolution. 1866 Earl of Clarendon 10 Apr. in Accts. & Papers (House of Commons) (1866) LXXVI. 184 The ad referendum trial alluded to in the Peruvian instructions. 1890 Times 11 Oct. 8 A general meeting to consider..a Law of the Congress of Equador, together with an ad referendum Arrangement to carry it into effect. 1964 Bull. Atomic Scientists Nov. 38/3 Discussions..might take place between a small group of countries of the Nato and the Warsaw Pacts, each acting on an ad referendum basis. 2006 Federal News Service (Nexis) 16 May We reached an ad referendum agreement last month, and now all the details are being worked out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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