ballot

ballot
noun
ADJECTIVE
secret
open
postal (BrE)
absentee (esp. AmE)
provisional
electronic, paper
national
first, second
leadership
strike
spoiled (BrE)
VERB + BALLOT
carry out, hold
organize
cast

Only 40% of eligible voters cast their ballots.

count, recount
spoil (BrE)
mark
mail (AmE), post (BrE)
BALLOT + NOUN
box
form, paper (BrE)
rigging
measure (AmE)

Voters in three states turned down ballot measures that would have relaxed drug laws.

PREPOSITION
at a/the ballot

They voted against him at the second ballot.

by ballot

The jury cast their vote by secret ballot.

in a/the ballot

The club members decided in a ballot to suspend the captain.

on a/the ballot

I voted for her on the first ballot.

ballot for

a ballot for the party leadership

ballot on

a ballot on the new contracts

ballot over

a ballot over strike action


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  • ballot — [ balo ] n. m. • 1406; de 2. balle 1 ♦ Petite balle de marchandises. Spécialt Paquet individuel (de vêtements, d affaires personnelles). ⇒fam. balluchon. Un ballot de vieux vêtements. L oreille d un ballot : le coin de toile en forme d oreille… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Ballot — steht für: Établissements Ballot, einen ehemaligen französischen Automobilhersteller Ballot ist der Name folgender Personen: Christoph Buys Ballot (1817–1890), niederländischer Wissenschaftler, Meteorologe und Admiral Claude Ballot Léna… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ballot — BALLOT. s. masc. Gros paquet de meubles ou de marchandises. Un ballot de meubles. Un ballot de marchandises. Un ballot de livres. Des ballots qui viennent par le messager, par le coche. [b]f♛/b] On dit figurément et familièrement, Voilà votre… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Ballot — (Ballot) французская фирма по производству гоночных автомобилей. Прекратила свое существование в 1933. Парижская фирма «Предприятие Балло» (Etablissements Ballot) была известна еще до Первой мировой войны. Она производила стационарные моторы и… …   Автомобильный словарь

  • ballot — index cast (register), franchise (right to vote), plebiscite, poll (casting of votes), poll, primary, r …   Law dictionary

  • Ballot —   [ bælət, englisch; eigentlich »kleine Kugel« (zum Abstimmen)] das, s/ s,    1) angloamerikanisches Recht: die geheime Abstimmung.    2) Glashandel: ein Stückzählmaß, das bei farblosem Glas 25 Bund zu je sechs Tafeln, bei farbigem Glas 12½ Bund… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ballot — (n.) 1540s, small ball used in voting, also secret vote taken by ballots, from It. pallotte, dim. of palla ball, for small balls used as counters in secret voting (see BALLOON (Cf. balloon)). Earliest references are to Venice. As a verb, from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • ballot — [n1] voting; recording of vote election, franchise, plebiscite, poll, polling, referendum, slate, tally, ticket; concepts 300,301 ballot [n2] candidates from political party choice, lineup, slate, ticket; concept 301 …   New thesaurus

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