Definitions for casting vote
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
cast′ing vote′(n.)
the deciding vote of a presiding officer, made when the other votes are equally divided.
Category: Government
Origin of casting vote:
1685–95
Princeton's WordNet
casting vote(noun)
the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie
Translations for casting vote
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
casting vote(noun)
the deciding vote of the chairman of a meeting when the other votes are equally divided.
- beslissende stemAfrikaans
- الصَّوْتُ المُرجِّـحArabic
- решаващ гласBulgarian
- voto de MinervaPortuguese (BR)
- rozhodující hlasCzech
- die entscheidende StimmeGerman
- afgørende stemmeDanish
- αποφασιστική, καθοριστική ψήφοςGreek
- voto de calidadSpanish
- otsustav häälEstonian
- رأی سرنوشت سازFarsi
- puheenjohtajan ratkaisevaääniFinnish
- voix prépondéranteFrench
- לְהַצְבִּיעHebrew
- निर्णायक मतHindi
- odlučujući glasCroatian
- döntő szavazatHungarian
- suara menentukanIndonesian
- úrslitaatkvæðiIcelandic
- voto decisivoItalian
- 決定票Japanese
- (찬반 동수 때 의장의) 결정투표Korean
- sprendžiamasis balsasLithuanian
- izšķirošā balss (vēlēšanās)Latvian
- undi penentuMalay
- beslissende stemDutch
- lederens dobbeltstemmeNorwegian
- decydującyPolish
- رأی سرنوشت سازPersian
- سر نوشت سازه رایهPashto
- voto de qualidadePortuguese
- vot decisivRomanian
- решающий голос (председателя)Russian
- rozhodujúci hlasSlovak
- odločilni glasSlovenian
- odlučujući glasSerbian
- utslagsröstSwedish
- คำตัดสินชี้ขาดของประชาชนที่ประชุมเนื่องจากแต่ละฝ่ายมีคะแนนเท่ากันThai
- etkin oy, başkanlık oyuTurkish
- 決定性一票Chinese (Trad.)
- вирішальнийUkrainian
- دیا گیا ووٹUrdu
- phiếu quyết địnhVietnamese
- 决定性一票Chinese (Simp.)
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