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vote
(vōt)n.
1.
a. A formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue: Let's decide the matter by vote.
b. The act of voting: It took several votes to decide the matter.
c. A means by which such a preference is made known, such as a raised hand or a marked ballot: looked around the room and counted the votes in favor.
2. The number of votes cast in an election or to resolve an issue: a heavy vote in favor of the bill.
3. A group of voters alike in some way: the African-American vote; the rural vote.
4. The result of an election or referendum: The measure was defeated in a resounding negative vote.
5. The right to participate as a voter; suffrage: when the nation gave the vote to women.
v. vot·ed, vot·ing, votes
v.intr.
1. To express one's preference for a candidate or for a proposed resolution of an issue; cast a vote: voting against the measure.
2. To express a choice or an opinion: The children voted unanimously by jumping up and down.
v.tr.
Idiom: 1. To express one's preference for by vote: voted the straight Republican ticket.
2. To decide the disposition of by vote, as by electing or defeating: vote in a new mayor; voted out their representative; vote down the amendment.
3. To bring into existence or make available by vote: vote new funds for a program.
4. To be guided by in voting: vote one's conscience.
5. To declare or pronounce by general consent: voted the play a success.
6. Informal To state as a preference or opinion: I vote we eat out tonight.
vote with (one's) feet Informal
To indicate a preference or an opinion by leaving or entering a particular locale: "If older cities are allowed to decay and contract, can citizens who vote with their feet ... hope to find better conditions anywhere else?" (Melinda Beck).
[Middle English, vow, from Latin vōtum, from neuter past participle of vovēre, to vow.]
vot′a·ble, vote′a·ble adj.
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voting
(ˈvəʊtɪŋ)n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the action or process of indicating choice, opinion, or will on a question, such as the choosing of a candidate, by or as if by some recognized means, such as a ballot
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| Noun | 1. |  voting - a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person"selection, choice, option, pick - the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" block vote - a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents secret ballot - a vote in which each person's choice is secret but the totaled votes are public split ticket - a ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one party straight ticket - a ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party multiple voting - the act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.) casting vote - the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie veto - a vote that blocks a decision write-in - a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot |
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voting
[ˈvəʊtɪŋ]A. N → votación f
B. CPD voting booth N → cabina f electoral
voting machine N (US) → máquina f de votar
voting paper N → papeleta f de votación
voting pattern N → tendencia f de la votación
voting power N → potencia f electoral
voting right N → derecho m a voto
voting share N → acción f con derecho a voto
voting slip N = voting paper
voting machine N (US) → máquina f de votar
voting paper N → papeleta f de votación
voting pattern N → tendencia f de la votación
voting power N → potencia f electoral
voting right N → derecho m a voto
voting share N → acción f con derecho a voto
voting slip N = voting paper
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voting
[ˈvəʊtɪŋ] n → scrutin mvoting paper n (British) → bulletin m de votevoting precinct n (US) → circonscription f électoralevoting rights npl → droit m de votevoting share n → action f avec droit de voteCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
voting
n → Wahl f; which way is the voting going? → welchen Verlauf nimmt die Wahl?; a system of voting → ein Wahlsystem nt; to analyze the voting → das Wahlergebnis analysieren; voting was heavy → die Wahlbeteiligung war hoch; light voting → geringe Wahlbeteiligung
voting
:voting age
n → Wahlalter nt
voting booth
n → Wahlkabine f
voting machine
n (US) → Wahlmaschine f
voting paper
n → Stimmzettel m
voting power
n (= right to vote) → Stimmberechtigung f, → Stimmrecht nt; (power of a certain group) → Wahlstärke f
voting precinct
n (US Pol) → Wahlbezirk m
voting right
n → Stimmrecht nt
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