initiative

Initiative (from Latin initium : beginning, beginning) stands for:

• the impetus or the stimulus to act
• Initiative (chess) , actively determining the course of the game in chess
• Initiative (politics) , a political instrument
• Initiative Media , media agency of the Interpublic Group of Companies
• Citizens' initiative , interest group formed from the population
• Initiative , a person's ability to act on their own initiative
• Parents' initiative is a term for the charitable commitment of parents to create facilities for child care and inpatient care for illnesses such as cancer
• Popular initiative (Switzerland) , an instrument of direct democracy in Switzerland

See also:

• initiation
• Initium

Wiktionary: Initiative  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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