ballot
verb/ˈbælət/
/ˈbælət/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ballot | /ˈbælət/ /ˈbælət/ |
| he / she / it ballots | /ˈbæləts/ /ˈbæləts/ |
| past simple balloted | /ˈbælətɪd/ /ˈbælətɪd/ |
| past participle balloted | /ˈbælətɪd/ /ˈbælətɪd/ |
| -ing form balloting | /ˈbælətɪŋ/ /ˈbælətɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] ballot somebody (on/over something) to ask somebody to vote in writing and secretly about something synonym poll
- The union balloted its members on the proposed changes.
- The workforce will be balloted over strike action.
- [intransitive] to vote secretly about something
- ballot for something The workers balloted for a strike.
- ballot to do something Ambulance crews balloted unanimously to reject the deal.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting a small coloured ball placed in a container to register a vote): from Italian ballotta, diminutive of balla.
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