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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary bal·lot \\ˈba-lət\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Italian ballotta, from Italian dialect, diminutive of balla ball — more at balloon
DATE 1549
1. a. a small ball used in secret voting b. a sheet of paper used to cast a secret vote2. a. the action or system of secret voting b. the right to vote c. vote 1a3. the number of votes cast4. the drawing of lotsintransitive verb DATE 1580
: to vote or decide by ballot • bal·lot·er noun
ballot
1540s, from It. pallotte, dim. of palla "ball," for small balls used as counters in secret voting (see balloon). Earliest references are to Venice.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishballot
noun ADJ. secret | open | postal | national | first, second | leadership | strike VERB + BALLOT carry out, hold | organize | cast Only 40% of eligible voters cast their ballots. BALLOT + NOUN box | paper | rigging PREP. at a/the ~ They voted against him at the second ballot. | by ~ The jury cast their vote by secret ballot. | in a/the ~ The club members decided in a ballot to suspend the captain. | on a/the ~ I voted for her on the first ballot. | ~ for a ballot for the Conservative leadership | ~ on a ballot on the new contracts | ~ over a ballot over strike action Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ballotbal·lot / 5bAlEt / noun1. [U, C] the system of voting in writing and usually in secret; an occasion on which a vote is held (无记名)投票选举；投票表决: The chairperson is chosen by secret ballot. 主席是通过无记名投票选举产生的。 The union cannot call a strike unless it holds a ballot of members. 工会未经会员投票表决不得发动罢工。 ⇨ note at election 2. ( BrE also 'ballot paper) [C] the piece of paper on which sb marks who they are voting for 选票: What percentage of eligible voters cast their ballots ? 有资格的选民中投票的百分比是多少？ 3. the ballot [sing.] the total number of votes in an election (选举中的)投票总数: She won 58.8% of the ballot. 她赢得了投票总数的 58.8%。 ⇨ see also poll verb1. [VN] ~ sb (on sth) to ask sb to vote in writing and secretly about sth 要求某人(对某事)无记名投票 SYN poll : The union balloted its members on the proposed changes. 工会要求会员对所提议的变革进行无记名投票。 2. [V] to vote secretly about sth 进行无记名投票: The workers balloted for a strike. 工人对是否罢工进行无记名投票表决。
ballot noun
⇨ election
ballot verb
⇨ survey Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: jungle ballot , or long ballot , or massachusetts ballot , or australian ballot , or nonpartisan ballot , or office-block ballot , or party-column ballot , or ballot box , or preferential ballot , or second ballot , or secret ballot , or short ballot , or straw ballot , or blanket ballot , or office-group ballot , or absentee ballot , or indiana ballot
bal·lotI. \ˈbalət, usu əd.+V\ noun( -s) Etymology: Italian ballotta, from Italian dialect, diminutive of balla ball — more at balloon 1. a. : a small ball dropped into a box or urn in secret voting b. : a ticket or sheet of paper (as one printed with the candidates' names or the proposition to be voted on) used to cast a secret vote (as during public elections) — see australian ballot 2. a. : the action or system of secret voting by the use of ballots or by any device for casting or recording votes (as a voting machine) b. : the right to vote in such a way c. : vote I 1a 3. : the whole number of votes cast at an election 4. : the drawing of lots II. verb( -ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Italian ballottare, from ballottaintransitive verb: to vote or decide by ballot < ballot for a candidate > < ballot against a referendum > < the balloting continued until eight in the evening >transitive verb1. : to obtain a vote from (a body of voters) < ballot the men on the proposal >2. : to select by ballot or by the drawing of lots < ballot all able-bodied men for service in the army >
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