Definitions of ballot [ˈbæl ət]

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Definition of 'ballot'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ballot
a sheet of paper or the like on which a voter marks his or her vote.

2.  ballot
the method of secret voting by printed or written ballot or by voting machine.

3.  ballot
a round of voting.

4.  ballot
the list of candidates to be voted on.

5.  ballot
the right to vote.

6.  ballot
the whole number of votes cast or recorded.

7.  ballot
a system or the practice of drawing lots.

8.  ballot
a little ball used in voting.

9. (v.i.) ballot
to vote by ballot.

10.  ballot
to draw lots.

11. (v.t.) ballot
to solicit for votes.

12.  ballot
to vote on or select by ballot.

Etymology: (1540–50; (< MF ballotte) < It ballotta (prob. < Venetian) =ball(a)ball¹+-otta dim. suffix)

Definition of 'ballot'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ballot
a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting

2. (verb) vote, ballot, voting, balloting
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"

3. (verb) ballot
vote by ballot
"The voters were balloting in this state"

Definition of 'ballot'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) ballot
a secret vote
a secret ballot

2. ballot
a paper on which a vote is written
to count ballots

Definition of 'ballot'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ballot
originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting

2. (noun) ballot
the act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets

3. (noun) ballot
the whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district

4. (noun) ballot
to vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate

5. (verb) ballot
to vote for or in opposition to

Translation of 'ballot'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a method of voting in secret by marking a paper and putting it into a box They held a ballot to choose a new chairman; The question was decided by ballot.
Afrikaans: stembrief	Arabic: إقْتِراعٌ سِرّي	Bulgarian: избори с бюлетини
Brazilian: votação	Czech: tajné hlasování	German: die Geheimwahl
Danish: afstemning; hemmelig afst	Greek: μυστική ψηφοφορία	Spanish: votación
Estonian: salajane hääletus	Farsi: رای گیری توسط برگۀ رای	Finnish: lippuäänestys
French: vote, scrutin	Hebrew: הַצבָּעָה חֲשָׁאִית	Hindi: मत-पत्र
Croatian: glasački listić	Hungarian: titkos szavazás	Indonesian: pemungutan suara
Icelandic: leynileg atkvæðagreiðsla	Italian: voto, scrutinio	Japanese: 無記名投票
Korean: 투표 용지	Lithuanian: slaptas balsavimas	Latvian: aizklāta balsošana
Malay: undian	Dutch: ballotage	Norwegian: stemmeseddel; hemmelig av
Polish: tajne głosowanie	Persian: رای گیری توسط برگۀ رای	Pashto: د رايې كاغذ، د كاغذ يوه ټ
Portuguese: votação	Romanian: vot, scrutin	Russian: (тайное) голосование
Slovak: tajné hlasovanie	Slovenian: glasovanje	Serbian: tajno glasanje
Swedish: sluten omröstning	Thai: วิธีลงคะแนนเสียงแบบลับ	Turkish: gizli oylama
Taiwanese: 無記名投票	Ukrainian: таємне голосування	Urdu: بیلٹ، رائے
Vietnamese: sự bỏ phiếu kín	Chinese: 无记名投票
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