transcription, транскрипция: [ bælət ]
( ballots, balloting, balloted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ballot is a secret vote in which people select a candidate in an election, or express their opinion about something.
The result of the ballot will not be known for two weeks...
Fifty of its members will be elected by direct ballot.
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2.
A ballot is a piece of paper on which you indicate your choice or opinion in a secret vote.
Election boards will count the ballots by hand...
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3.
If you ballot a group of people, you find out what they think about a subject by organizing a secret vote.
The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.
= poll
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• bal‧lot‧ing
International observers say the balloting was fair.
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