vote

vote
    n 1: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in
         favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in
         favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per
         person" [syn: {vote}, {ballot}, {voting}, {balloting}]
    2: the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the
       question to a vote"
    3: a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US
       Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment;
       "American women got the vote in 1920" [syn: {right to vote},
       {vote}, {suffrage}]
    4: a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to
       get the Black vote"
    5: the total number of voters who participated; "they are
       expecting a large vote" [syn: {vote}, {voter turnout}]
    v 1: express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure
         or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion";
         "None of the Democrats voted last night"
    2: express one's choice or preference by vote; "vote the
       Democratic ticket"
    3: express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home";
       "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
    4: be guided by in voting; "vote one's conscience"
    5: bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted
       aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"
    

Vote \Vote\, n. [L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum,
   to vow: cf. F. vote. See {Vow}.]
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   1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs.]
      --Massinger.
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   2. A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of
      persons, expressed in some received and authorized way;
      the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or
      choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the
      person voting has an interest in common with others,
      either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws,
      rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
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   3. That by means of which will or preference is expressed in
      elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a
      ticket; as, a written vote.
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            The freeman casting with unpurchased hand
            The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
                                                  --Holmes.
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   4. Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal
      decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as,
      the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.
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   5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
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   {Casting vote}, {Cumulative vote}, etc. See under {Casting},
      {Cumulative}, etc.
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Vote \Vote\, v. t.
   1. To choose by suffrage; to elec?; as, to vote a candidate
      into office.
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   2. To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal
      vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.
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            Parliament voted them one hundred thousand pounds.
                                                  --Swift.
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   3. To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by
      a vote; as, he was voted a bore. [Colloq.]
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   4. To condemn; to devote; to doom. [Obs.] --Glanvill.
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Vote \Vote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Voted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Voting}.] [Cf. F. voter.]
   To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either
   viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in
   electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations,
   etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an
   interest with others.
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         The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration
         of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime.
                                                  --L. Beecher.
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         To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires
         a great amount of information.           --F. W.
                                                  Robertson.
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VOTE, n.  The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a
fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
    

VOTE. Suffrage; the voice of an individual in making a choice by many. The 
total number of voices given at an election; as, the presidential vote. 
     2. Votes are either given, by ballot, v.) or viva voce; they may be 
delivered personally by the voter himself, or, in some cases, by proxy. 
(q.v.) 
     3. A majority (q.v.) of the votes given carries the question submitted, 
unless in particular cases when the constitution or laws require that there 
shall be a majority of all the voters, or when a greater number than a 
simple majority is expressly required; as, for example in the case of the 
senate in making treaties by the president and senate, two-thirds of the 
senators present must concur. Vide Angell on Corpor. Index, h.t. 
     4. When the votes are equal in number, the proposed measure is lost. 
    

147 Moby Thesaurus words for "vote":
      Australian ballot, Hare system, OK, PR, absentee voting,
      acceptance, adherence, admiration, approbation, approval, aye,
      back, back up, ballot, ballot-box stuffing, be enfranchised,
      be implicated in, bear a hand, blessing, canvass, canvassing,
      card voting, cast a ballot, casting vote, chip in, choose, cloture,
      colonization, committee consideration, contribute, countenance,
      counting heads, cumulative system, cumulative voting, debate,
      deciding vote, deliberation, desire, divide, division, elect,
      election fraud, elector, endorse, endorsement, enfranchisement,
      enter into, esteem, fagot vote, favor, favorable vote,
      female suffrage, filibuster, filibustering, filing, first reading,
      floating, franchise, go into, graveyard vote, hand vote,
      have suffrage, help decide, household franchise, introduction,
      join, join in, list system, logrolling, make the scene,
      manhood suffrage, nay, no, nontransferable vote, opinion, opt,
      partake, partake of, participate, participate in, plebiscite,
      plebiscitum, plump, plumper, plural system, plural vote, poll,
      polling, preference, preferential system, preferential voting,
      proportional representation, proxy, proxy voting, pull an oar,
      record vote, referendum, repeating, representation, respect,
      right to vote, rising vote, roll call, sanction, say,
      seal of approval, second reading, secret ballot, show of hands,
      single system, single transferrable vote, single vote,
      single-member district, sit in, sit in on, snap vote,
      stamp of approval, steamroller methods, straw vote, suffrage,
      suffragette, suffragettism, suffragism, suffragist, support,
      tabling, take part in, talkathon, the vote, third reading, ticket,
      transferable vote, universal suffrage, viva voce, voice,
      voice vote, voter, voting, voting machine, voting right,
      woman-suffragist, write-in, write-in vote, yea, yea vote,
      yeas and nays, yes