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Ballot - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Ballot : (noun)
1: a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
2: a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes
in favor of the motion" [syn: vote, voting, balloting]
(verb)
1: vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ballot : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ballot : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ballot : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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BALLOT, government. A diminutive ball, i. e. a little ball used in giving
votes; the act itself of giving votes. A little ball or ticket used in
voting privately, and, for that purpose, put, into a box, (commonly called a
ballot-box,) or into some other contrivance.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Ballot |
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