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Pronunciation : Bal"lot
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See Ball round body.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bal"lot
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. ballotter to toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.]
Definition : Defn: To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
i. [imp. & p. p. Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bal"lot
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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