Definition of Votes. Meaning of Votes. Synonyms of Votes

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Definition of Votes

Vote
Vote Vote, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Voted; p. pr. & vb. n. Voting.] [Cf. F. voter.] To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others. The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime. --L. Beecher. To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information. --F. W. Robertson.
Vote
Vote Vote, n. [L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum, to vow: cf. F. vote. See Vow.] 1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs.] --Massinger. 2. A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage. 3. That by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote. The freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. --Holmes. 4. Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence. 5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote. Casting vote, Cumulative vote, etc. See under Casting, Cumulative, etc.
Vote
Vote Vote, v. t. 1. To choose by suffrage; to elec?; as, to vote a candidate into office. 2. To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution. Parliament voted them one hundred thousand pounds. --Swift. 3. To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore. [Colloq.] 4. To condemn; to devote; to doom. [Obs.] --Glanvill.

Meaning of Votes from wikipedia

- up vote in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A vote is a formal method of choosing in an election. Vote(s) or The Vote may also refer to: V.O.T.E., an...
- the po****tion chooses representatives by voting. The procedure for identifying the winners based on votes varies depending on both the country and the...
- Runoff voting can refer to: Sequential-loser methods based on plurality voting: Two-round system, a voting system where only the top two candidates from...
- "preference votes" are used to express preference for individual candidates instead of party lists. Electoral system Social choice theory Weighted voting Rated...
- a majority of MPs must not vote against the candidate, which renders prime ministerial votes similar to no-confidence votes. That means that a prime ministerial...
- of the above" votes. Protest votes can take many different forms: Blank ballots Null ballots Spoiled ballots None of the above votes Votes for a fringe...
- plurality of the statewide po****r vote receives all of that state's electoral votes. In Maine and Nebraska, two electoral votes are ****igned in this manner...
- Electoral College votes, but can siphon off total votes from the front runners in order to call attention to their causes. In vote-pairing agreements...
- federal election, there were 1.2 million postal votes cast, amounting to 8.5 percent of total votes. Postal voting in Australia was introduced for federal elections...
- individuals turned to transferable votes (facilitated by ranked ballots) to reduce the incidence of wasted votes and unrepresentative election results...