ballot
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbælət/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbælət/
Audio (AU) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: bal‧lot
- Rhymes: -ælət
Noun[edit]
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.
- July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections
- the insufficiency of the ballot
- 2023 March 9, Mel Holley, “TSSA accepts offer, but RMT sets new strike dates”, in RAIL, number 978, page 11:
- In the TSSA ballot, 80% of management grade and 60% of general grade members voted to accept, on an overall turnout of 57%.
- July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections
- The total of all the votes cast in an election.
- (chiefly US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
Synonyms[edit]
- (paper or card used to cast a vote): ballot paper, voting slip
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
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process of voting
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list of candidates
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total of all votes cast in an election
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Verb[edit]
ballot (third-person singular simple present ballots, present participle balloting, simple past and past participle balloted)
- (intransitive) To vote or decide by ballot.
- to ballot for a candidate
- (intransitive) To draw lots.
- (transitive) To invite to vote on a proposal.
- The trade union balloted its members for strike action.
Translations[edit]
to vote by ballot
to draw lots
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See also[edit]
- blackballing (also derived from the old practice of using balls to vote)
Further reading[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ballot m (plural ballots)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ballot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Northern Sami[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ballot
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