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Ballot

Ballot Meaning & Definition
Ballot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ballot?

[n] a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"
[n] a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
[v] vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ballot: balloting | vote | voting

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ballot: absentee ballot | Australian ballot | aye | blanket ballot | canvass | canvassing | casting vote | counting heads | cumulative voting | deciding vote | division | enfranchisement | fagot vote | franchise | graveyard vote | hand vote | Hare system | Indiana ballot | list system | long ballot | Massachusetts ballot | nay | no | nonpartisan ballot | nontransferable vote | office-block ballot | party emblem | party-column ballot | plebiscite | plebiscitum | plumper | plural vote | poll | polling | preferential voting | proportional representation | proxy | record vote | referendum | representation | right to vote | rising vote | sample ballot | say | secret ballot | short ballot | show of hands | single vote | slate | snap vote | split ticket | straight ticket | straw vote | suffrage | ticket | transferable vote | viva voce | voice | voice vote | vote | vote in | voting | voting right | write-in | write-in vote | yea | yeas and nays | yes

See Also | absentee ballot | block vote | casting vote | choice | document | multiple voting | option | papers | pick | secret ballot | selection | split ticket | straight ticket | veto | vote | written document

Ballot In Webster's Dictionary

\Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See {Ball} round body.] 1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting. 2. The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets. The insufficiency of the ballot. --Dickens. 3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district. {Ballot box}, a box for receiving ballots.
\Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Balloted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Balloting}.] [F. ballotter to toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See {Ballot}, n.] To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
\Bal"lot\, v. t. To vote for or in opposition to. None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others. --Sir H. Wotton.

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