Synonyms for ballot


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bal-uh t
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæl ət

Top 10 synonyms for ballot Other synonyms for the word ballot

Définition of ballot

Origin :
  • 1540s, "small ball used in voting," also "secret vote taken by ballots," from Italian pallotte, diminutive of palla "ball," for small balls used as counters in secret voting (see balloon). Earliest references are to Venice. Ballot box attested from 1670s.
  • noun voting; recording of vote
  • noun candidates from political party
Example sentences :
  • Grant the Ballot, and the new corollary of enlarged suffrage.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It was a wet day, only a few at the ballot, and somehow you got in.
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • He paused before the half-barricaded door and presented his ballot.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Settlers » by Noah Brooks
  • The only remedy for her, as for man himself, in this republic, is the ballot in her hand.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • The ballot is the scepter of power in the hand of every citizen.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Without the ballot no class is so helpless as the working women.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • If the ballot is necessary for man, it is necessary for woman.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • The ballot is the compendium of all there is in civilization, and of all that civilization has done for us.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • But it is sometimes said that women do not desire the ballot.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • The ballot has been for man a means of defending these natural rights.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

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