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bal⋅lot
[bal-uh
t] 
noun, verb, -lot⋅ed, -lot⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote. |
| 2. | the method of secret voting by means of printed or written ballots or by means of voting machines. |
| 3. | voting in general, or a round of voting: Our candidate was defeated on the third ballot. |
| 4. | the list of candidates to be voted on: They succeeded in getting her name placed on the ballot. |
| 5. | the right to vote: to gain the ballot after years of struggle. |
| 6. | the whole number of votes cast or recorded. |
| 7. | a system or the practice of drawing lots: The assassin would be chosen by ballot. |
| 8. | (formerly) a little ball used in voting. |
–verb (used without object)
| 9. | to vote by ballot: to ballot against a candidate. |
| 10. | to draw lots: to ballot for places. |
–verb (used with object)
| 11. | to canvass or solicit (a group, membership, etc.) for votes: Members were balloted on the resolution. |
| 12. | to select, esp. for military service, by ballot: Certain age groups will not be balloted at this time. |
Origin:
1540–50; (< MF ballotte) < It ballotta (prob. < Venetian), equiv. to ball(a) ball 1 + -otta dim. suffix
1540–50; (< MF ballotte) < It ballotta (prob. < Venetian), equiv. to ball(a) ball 1 + -otta dim. suffix
Related forms:
bal⋅lot⋅er, noun
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| bal·lot (bāl'ət) n.
[Italian ballotta, a small ball used to register a vote, diminutive of dialectal balla, ball, of Germanic origin; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.] bal'lot·er n. |
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Ballot
Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See Ball round body.]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.Ballot
Bal"lot\, v. t. 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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Language Translation for : ballot
Spanish:
votación,
German:
die Geheimwahl,
Japanese:
無記名投票
ballot
1549, from It. pallotte, dim. of palla "ball," for small balls used as counters in secret voting (see balloon). Earliest references are to Venice.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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ballot
see stuff the ballot box.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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