Voting - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Voting :  (noun)

1: a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion" [syn: vote, ballot, balloting]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Vote \Vote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Voted; p. pr. & vb. n. Voting.] [Cf. F. voter.] To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others.

The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime. --L. Beecher.

To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information. --F. W. Robertson.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Voting : \Vot"ing\, a. & n. from Vote, v.

Voting paper, a form of ballot containing the names of more candidates than there are offices to be filled, the voter making a mark against the preferred names. [Eng.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Voting

gabywinters: New "who has more time to waste on Voting over and over again"-poll. http://bit.ly/7n3O2l Huddy fanidio... girls will win, wanna bet? LOL
jodeylou: @dainton everyone keeps tellin me to vote team shiner but will start Voting etnies now! Peace
howardlucas: @Welshbybirth yes Voting is fine! Kev is one of the guys I did #saharachallenge with!
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