CASTING VOTE


Meaning of CASTING VOTE in English

noun

[ usually sing. ] the vote given by the person in charge of an official meeting to decide an issue when votes on each side are equal

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from an obsolete sense of cast turn the scale .

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