ballot
🇺🇸
/ˈbælət/
🇬🇧
/ˈbælət/
noun
C1
a system of voting where people write their choice secretly
The union will hold a ballot to decide if members want to go on strike.
C1
the paper used to vote
Voters mark their choice on the ballot.
C1
the total votes in an election
She received most of the ballot votes.
verb
R
to ask people to vote secretly
The company will ballot employees about the new policy.
R
to vote secretly
Workers will ballot on the strike decision.
translation
a system of voting where people write their choice secretly; the paper used to vote; the total votes in an election
to ask people to vote secretly; to vote secretly
Word Forms
3rd Present
ballots
Past
balloted
Perfect
balloted
Progressive
balloting
Plural
ballots