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Ballot

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.

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

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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