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Definition of casting vote noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

casting vote

noun
 
/ˌkɑːstɪŋ ˈvəʊt/
 
/ˌkæstɪŋ ˈvəʊt/
[usually singular]
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  1. the vote given by the person in charge of an official meeting to decide an issue when votes on each side are equal
    • You have the casting vote.
    • The chairman gave his casting vote in favour.
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from an obsolete sense of cast ‘turn the scale’.
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