vote, ballot, voting, balloting
(noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; āthere were only 17 votes in favor of the motionā; āthey allowed just one vote per personā
ballot
(noun) a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
ballot
(verb) vote by ballot; āThe voters were balloting in this stateā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ballot (plural ballots)
Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
The total of all the votes cast in an election.
(chiefly, US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
• (paper or card used to cast a vote): ballot paper, voting slip
ballot (third-person singular simple present ballots, present participle balloting, simple past and past participle balloted)
To vote or decide by ballot.
To draw lots.
Source: Wiktionary
Bal"lot, n. Etym: [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, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting.] Etym: [F. ballotter to toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.]
Definition: To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
Bal"lot, v. t.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
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