Thesaurus: ballot

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1. n. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.
2. n. The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.
3. n. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.
4. n. To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
5. v. t. To vote for or in opposition to.
6. n. a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
7. n. a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
8. v. vote by ballot
9. 1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting. 2. The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets. The insufficiency of the ballot. Dickens. 3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district. Ballot box, a box for receiving ballots. To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate. To vote for or in opposition to. None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others. Sir H. Wotton.
10. v:1/n:99 n. a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting v. vote by ballot