'Ballot' definitions:

Definition of 'ballot'

From: WordNet
noun
A document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
noun
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" [syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting]
verb
Vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"

Definition of 'Ballot'

From: GCIDE
  • Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting.] [F. ballotter to toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.] To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ballot'

From: GCIDE
  • Ballot \Bal"lot\, v. t. To vote for or in opposition to. [1913 Webster]
  • None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ballot'

From: GCIDE
  • Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See Ball round body.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of secret voting, whether by balls, written or printed ballots or tickets, or by use of a voting machine; the system of voting secretly. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • The insufficiency of the ballot. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. the official list of candidates competing in an election. There are no women on the ballot. [1913 Webster]
  • Ballot box, (a) a box for receiving ballots. (b) the act, process or system of voting secretly; same as ballot[2]. "The question will be resolved by the ballot box." [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'ballot'

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