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referendum

[ref-uh-ren-duhm] / ˌrɛf əˈrɛn dəm /
NOUN
popular vote on matter
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Many of the richest Swiss taxpayers vowed to emigrate if the referendum passed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scotland has a more diverse economy than just over a decade ago, when an independence referendum narrowly failed.

From The Wall Street Journal

The referendum requires companies to pay the state’s 8.84% corporate tax based on their share of sales in the state.

From The Wall Street Journal

Slovenia holds a new referendum Sunday on whether a law legalising assisted dying will be enforced or suspended after critics mounted a campaign against the legislation.

From Barron's

Yet every time England takes the field, it seems to trigger another referendum on Bazball—a term McCullum happens to hate.

From The Wall Street Journal