26984 words

ballots

11 definitions • 12 examples
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Examples:

Everyone casts his or her ballot (= votes) in secret.
They decided to hold a ballot.
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a piece of paper on which you write your vote
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to vote secretly on a particular matter:

Examples:

OK, this seems to be an area of disagreement, so let's put it to the ballot.
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to organize a secret vote by a group of people in order to find out their views:

Examples:

The union decided to ballot its members on the issue.
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a piece of paper on which you write a secret vote
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The ballot is also a system or occasion of secret voting:

Examples:

[ U ] Issues need to be considered in open debate or put on the ballot.
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an occasion when people vote on something, usually in secret, or the system for voting:

Examples:

The officials are elected by ballot.
About 45 percent of the state's 2.8 million registered voters cast a ballot in the primary.
The union is planning to hold a ballot for strike action.
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a piece of paper on which you write your vote:

Examples:

In Britain, the normal share of spoiled ballot papers in a general election is less than 1%.
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a method of choosing which investors will get shares that are being offered for the first time, when the demand for shares is greater than the number being offered
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to organize a secret vote by a group of people in order to find out their opinions:

Examples:

The union said it would ballot workers over industrial action in a pay dispute.
Thousands of steelworkers are to be balloted for strike action.
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to choose the investors who will get shares that are being offered for the first time, when the demand for shares is greater than the number being offered

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