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Ballot

//ˈbælət// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "Imagine if the outcome in Michigan is close, and 75% of Biden supporters vote absentee, yet 10% or more of those ballots are rejected."

  2. 2
    a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative wordnet
  3. 3
    The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.

    "July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections the insufficiency of the ballot"

  4. 4
    a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting wordnet
  5. 5
    The total of all the votes cast in an election.
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  1. 6
    A list of candidates running for office; a ticket. US
Verb
  1. 1
    To vote or decide by ballot. intransitive

    "to ballot for a candidate"

  2. 2
    vote by ballot wordnet
  3. 3
    To draw lots. intransitive
  4. 4
    To invite to vote on a proposal. transitive

    "The trade union balloted its members for strike action."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian balota (obsolete), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to register a vote”), from balla (“bale, bundle”) + -otta (suffix forming diminutive nouns); or from Middle French balote (obsolete), ballotte (“small ball used to register a vote”) (also compare Middle French balotiage, French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz (“ball”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian balota (obsolete), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to register a vote”), from balla (“bale, bundle”) + -otta (suffix forming diminutive nouns); or from Middle French balote (obsolete), ballotte (“small ball used to register a vote”) (also compare Middle French balotiage, French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz (“ball”).

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