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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative;
- Example: "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"
- Example: "they allowed just one vote per person"
[syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

balloting n 1: 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" [syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting]