ballot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ballot	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ballot n a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting 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 v vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[acr]l"l[ucr]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[acr]l"l[ucr]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.