From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
ballot
n 1: a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
2: a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes
in favor of the motion" [syn: vote, voting,
balloting]
v : vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It.
ballotta. See Ball round body.]
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1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any
printed or written ticket used in voting.
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2. The act of secret voting, whether by balls, written or
printed ballots or tickets, or by use of a voting machine;
the system of voting secretly.
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The insufficiency of the ballot. --Dickens.
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3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a
given territory or electoral district.
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4. the official list of candidates competing in an election.
There are no women on the ballot.
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Ballot box,
(a) a box for receiving ballots.
(b) the act, process or system of voting secretly; same as
ballot[2]. "The question will be resolved by the
ballot box."
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting.] [F. ballotter to
toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.]
To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ballot \Bal"lot\, v. t.
To vote for or in opposition to.
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None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number
of balls, they fell to ballot some others. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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