The term also refers informally to the immediate surrounding area.

A law-enforcement official said some information had been informally referred to the department.

The ceremony is sometimes informally referred to as "backwards graduation."

This is informally referred to as the "chair step".

It is informally referred to as Latin-9 (and was for a while called Latin-0).

Often, it has no official name or is informally referred to as Central Square.

These companies were informally referred to in the industry press as the "Gang of Four".

The term may informally refer to a finite series if the number of issues is predetermined.