Ballot
Ballot (bal"lut) , noun
[French ballotte, from Italian ballotta. See Ball round body.]
1.
Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.
2.
The act of secret voting, whether by balls, written or printed ballots or tickets, or by use of a voting machine; the system of voting secretly.
The insufficiency of the ballot.
3.
The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.
4.
the official list of candidates competing in an election.
Collocations (1)
Ballot box , (a) a box for receiving ballots. (b) the act, process or system of voting secretly; same as ballot{2}. The question will be resolved by the ballot box.
Ballot (bal"lut) , intransitive verb
[French ballotter to toss, to ballot, or Italian ballottare. See Ballot, n.]
To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
Ballot , transitive verb
To vote for or in opposition to.
None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others.