ballot Значение & определение

Значение на ballot на български

• 0 a system or occasion of secret voting:

  • Representatives were elected by ballot.

  • Everyone casts his or her ballot (= votes) in secret.

  • They decided to hold a ballot.

  • OK, this seems to be an area of disagreement, so let's put it to the ballot.

• 1 to organize a secret vote by a group of people in order to find out their views:

  • The union decided to ballot its members on the issue.

• 2 a piece of paper on which you write a secret vote

  • [ U ] Issues need to be considered in open debate or put on the ballot.

• 3 an occasion when people vote on something, usually in secret, or the system for voting:

  • The officials are elected by ballot.

  • About 45 percent of the state's 2.8 million registered voters cast a ballot in the primary.

  • The union is planning to hold a ballot for strike action.

• 4 a piece of paper on which you write your vote:

  • In Britain, the normal share of spoiled ballot papers in a general election is less than 1%.

• 5 a method of choosing which investors will get shares that are being offered for the first time, when the demand for shares is greater than the number being offered

• 6 to organize a secret vote by a group of people in order to find out their opinions:

  • The union said it would ballot workers over industrial action in a pay dispute.

  • Thousands of steelworkers are to be balloted for strike action.

• 7 to choose the investors who will get shares that are being offered for the first time, when the demand for shares is greater than the number being offered