ballot
A small ball placed in a container to cast a voteA small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
» Tom and Mary counted the ballots.
Meaning
4 sensesA small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
Stimmzettel
бюллете́ньbjulleténʹ, избира́тельный бюллете́ньizbirátelʹnyj bjulleténʹ
бюлете́ньbjuleténʹ, виборчий бюлете́ньvyborčyj bjuleténʹ
The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections the insufficiency of the ballot
Abstimmung
голосова́ниеgolosovánije, волеизъявле́ниеvoleizʺjavlénije, баллотиро́вкаballotiróvka
голосува́нняholosuvánnja
The total of all the votes cast in an election.
(US)A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
- 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
Examples
40 sentencesTom and Mary counted the ballots.
Tom's name is on the ballot.
Your name is on the ballot.
My name is on the ballot.
Do you know who's on the ballot?
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian balota (obsolete), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to regBorrowed from Italian balota (obsolete), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to register a vote”), from balla (“bale, bundle”) + -otta (suffix forming diminutive nouns); or from Middle French balote (obsolete), ballotte (“small ball used to register a vote”) (also compare Middle French balotiage, French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz (“ball”).
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