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voting
(encz) | voting,hlasovací Pavel Machek; Giza |
voting
(encz) | voting,hlasování Pavel Machek; Giza |
Voting
(gcide) | Voting \Vot"ing\,
a. & n. from Vote, v.
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Voting paper, a form of ballot containing the names of more
candidates than there are offices to be filled, the voter
making a mark against the preferred names. [Eng.]
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Voting
(gcide) | 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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voting
(wn) | voting
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] |
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devoting
(encz) | devoting,obětování n: Zdeněk Broždevoting,věnování n: Zdeněk Brož |
non-voting
(encz) | non-voting, |
nonvoting
(encz) | nonvoting,nevolící |
outvoting
(encz) | outvoting, |
pivoting window
(encz) | pivoting window, n: |
qualified majority voting
(encz) | qualified majority voting, |
scrutin uninominal voting system
(encz) | scrutin uninominal voting system, n: |
total voting power
(encz) | total voting power, |
uninominal voting system
(encz) | uninominal voting system, n: |
voting
(encz) | voting,hlasovací Pavel Machek; Gizavoting,hlasování Pavel Machek; Giza |
voting age
(encz) | voting age, n: |
voting booth
(encz) | voting booth,volební budka n: Zdeněk Brož |
voting machine
(encz) | voting machine,sčítačka volebních hlasů Zdeněk Brož |
voting power
(encz) | voting power, |
voting precinct
(encz) | voting precinct, n: |
voting right
(encz) | voting right, n: |
voting stock
(encz) | voting stock, n: |
voting system
(encz) | voting system, n: |
voting trust
(encz) | voting trust, n: |
voting without meeting
(encz) | voting without meeting, |
weighted voting system
(encz) | weighted voting system, |
Cumulative system of voting
(gcide) | Cumulative \Cu"mu*la*tive\ (k?"m?-l?-t?v), a. [Cf. F.
cumulatif.]
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1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated.
"As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is
cumulative, not original." --Bacon
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2. Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive
additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose
force increases as the statement proceeds.
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The argument . . . is in very truth not logical and
single, but moral and cumulative. --Trench.
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3. (Law)
(a) Tending to prove the same point to which other
evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence.
(b) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of
a legacy. --Bouvier. --Wharton.
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Cumulative action (Med.), that action of certain drugs, by
virtue of which they produce, when administered in small
doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect
as if given in a single large dose.
Cumulative poison, a poison the action of which is
cumulative.
Cumulative vote or Cumulative system of voting
(Politics), that system which allows to each voter as many
votes as there are persons to be voted for, and permits
him to accumulate these votes upon one person, or to
distribute them among the candidates as he pleases.
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Devoting
(gcide) | Devote \De*vote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devoted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Devoting.] [L. devotus, p. p. of devovere; de + vovere
to vow. See Vow, and cf. Devout, Devow.]
1. To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a
solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom;
to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was
devoted to the flames.
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No devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the
Lord . . . shall be sold or redeemed. --Lev. xxvii.
28.
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2. To execrate; to curse. [Obs.]
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3. To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of
wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive
pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's
friends, to piety, etc.
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Thy servant who is devoted to thy fear. --Ps. cxix.
38.
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They devoted themselves unto all wickedness. --Grew.
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A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to the
purpose of climbing. --Gray.
Syn: To addict; apply; dedicate; consecrate; resign; destine;
doom; consign. See Addict.
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Pivoting
(gcide) | Pivot \Piv"ot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pivoted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pivoting.]
To place on a pivot. --Clarke.
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Preferential voting
(gcide) | Preferential voting \Preferential voting\ (Political Science)
A system of voting, as at primaries, in which the voters are
allowed to indicate on their ballots their preference
(usually their first and second choices) between two or more
candidates for an office, so that if no candidate receives a
majority of first choices the one receiving the greatest
number of first and second choices together in nominated or
elected.
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Voting paper
(gcide) | Voting \Vot"ing\,
a. & n. from Vote, v.
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Voting paper, a form of ballot containing the names of more
candidates than there are offices to be filled, the voter
making a mark against the preferred names. [Eng.]
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multiple voting
(wn) | multiple voting
n 1: the act of voting in more than one place by the same person
at the same election (illegal in U.S.) |
pivoting window
(wn) | pivoting window
n 1: a window that opens by pivoting either horizontally or
vertically |
scrutin uninominal voting system
(wn) | scrutin uninominal voting system
n 1: based on the principle of having only one member (as of a
legislature) selected from each electoral district [syn:
uninominal system, uninominal voting system, {single-
member system}, scrutin uninomial system, {scrutin
uninominal voting system}] |
uninominal voting system
(wn) | uninominal voting system
n 1: based on the principle of having only one member (as of a
legislature) selected from each electoral district [syn:
uninominal system, uninominal voting system, {single-
member system}, scrutin uninomial system, {scrutin
uninominal voting system}] |
voting
(wn) | voting
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] |
voting age
(wn) | voting age
n 1: the age at which a person is old enough to vote in public
elections |
voting booth
(wn) | voting booth
n 1: a booth in which a person can cast a private vote |
voting machine
(wn) | voting machine
n 1: a mechanical device for recording and counting votes
mechanically |
voting precinct
(wn) | voting precinct
n 1: one of several districts into which a city or town is
divided for voting; each contains one polling place [syn:
voting precinct, election district] |
voting right
(wn) | voting right
n 1: the right to vote; especially the right of a common
shareholder to vote in person or by proxy on the affairs of
a company |
voting stock
(wn) | voting stock
n 1: shares in a corporation that entitle the shareholder to
voting and proxy rights |
voting system
(wn) | voting system
n 1: a legal system for making democratic choices [syn: {voting
system}, electoral system] |
voting trust
(wn) | voting trust
n 1: an agreement whereby persons owning stock with voting
powers retain ownership while transferring the voting
rights to the trustees |
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