voting

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/ˈvoʊtɪŋ/

noun 2adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

all, cumulative, cumulative, preferred, preferred, representative

She explained how cumulative voting allows shareholders to concentrate their power on fewer candidates.

VERB + VOTING

abstained, attempts, decide, redraw, refrained, remains, summed

Many delegates abstained from voting because they disagreed with the proposed policy changes.

VOTING + NOUN

anything, bloc, booth, districts, members, procedure, stock, they'd

The voting booth was crowded with people eager to cast their ballots on election day.

PREP.

from, from, in, in, on, on, until, up

Many people abstained from voting in the last election because they felt uninformed.

ADV.

again

Citizens are voting again in the presidential election next month.

Definitions

adj

Having an associated right for the holder to vote as an owner of business.

The cumulative voting preferred stock remains voting until all cumulative dividends are paid.

noun

The act or process of choosing someone or something in an election.

The act or process of casting a vote.

Voting, in and of itself, is not evil. But when there are only evils to choose from, we need to seek another choice.

The eyes of the people have been some time opened; they will observe, they will judge of our votings in this cause; and expect from us, as we have put a stop to unjust and exorbitant power abroad, that we should neither suffer nor endure it

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Synonyms

noun — a choice that is made by counting the number of people in fa

vote
ballot
balloting

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

foot voting

Expressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one reg

Foot voting provides much stronger incentives than ballot box voting for both information acquisition and rational information use.

Example Bank

The cumulative voting preferred stock remains voting until all cumulative dividends are paid.

Wiktionary

Voting, in and of itself, is not evil. But when there are only evils to choose from, we need to seek another choice.

Wiktionary

Sage Ip, a 29-year-old flight attendant who cast her ballot on Sunday in the Sai Ying Pun district, said she voted in the primary because she was worried that she would never get a chance to do so aga

Wiktionary

My apathy for voting comes from my distaste for politics.

Tatoeba · #1914

Attempts to redraw voting districts have hit a wall of opposition.

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