Etimology
From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“I vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to vow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-. The word is thus a doublet of vow.
noun
vote (plural votes)
a formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
an act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot
(obsolete) an ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer
(obsolete) a formalized petition or request
(obsolete) any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view
any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published
Examples
The city council decided the matter should go to public vote.
Parliament will hold a vote of confidence regarding the minister.
One occasion indicative votes were used was in 2003 when MPs were presented with seven different options on how to reform the House of Lords.
The Supreme Court upheld the principle of one person, one vote.
There breathes no being but has some pretence / To that fine instinct called poetic sense; […] / The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand / The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
It is important to ensure that shareholders who engage with an investee company by voting know whether their votes have been correctly taken into account. Confirmation of receipt of votes should be provided in the case of electronic voting. In addition, each shareholder who casts a vote in a general meeting should at least have the possibility to verify after the general meeting whether the vote has been validly recorded and counted by the company.
If you vote once, you're considered a good citizen. If you vote twice, you face four years in jail.
Jol[ante]. In you, Sir, / I live; and when, or by the Courſe of Nature, / Or Violence you muſt fall, the End of my / Devotions is, that one and the ſame Hour / May make us fit for Heaven. // Server. I join with you / In my votes that way: […]
dissenting votei.e. in particular the differing opinion published with a judicial judgment considered as a source of information
i.e. in particular the differing opinion published with a judicial judgment considered as a source of information
Related words
hyponyms
acclamation
Bubba vote
clothespin vote
conscience vote
crossover vote
donkey vote
early vote
faggot vote
floating vote
free vote
informal vote
popular vote
postal vote
protest vote
straw vote
supervote
swing vote
tactical vote
voice vote
vote of confidence
vote of no confidence
vote of thanks
whipped vote
verb
vote (third-person singular simple present votes, present participle voting, simple past and past participle voted)
(intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
(transitive) To choose or grant by means of a vote, or by general consent.
Examples
Did you vote last month?
To vote on large principles, to vote bravely, requires a great amount of information.
The depository may vote shares on behalf of investors who have not submitted instruction to the bank.
Sixteen years after the landing on Plymouth Rock, the general court of Massachusetts voted a sum, equal to a year’s rate ol the whole colony, towards the erection of a college.
Related words
hyponyms
vote in
vote out
vote down