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English Dictionary: voting	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for voting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voting n 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" Synonym(s): vote, ballot, voting, balloting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voting \Vot"ing\, a. & n. from {Vote}, v. {Voting paper}, a form of ballot containing the names of more candidates than there are offices to be filled, the voter making a mark against the preferred names. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vote \Vote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Voted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Voting}.] [Cf. F. voter.] To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others. The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime. --L. Beecher. To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information. --F. W. Robertson.