voting
English
Etymology
By surface analysis, vote + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvoʊtɪŋ/
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Adjective
voting (not comparable)
- (finance) Having an associated right for the holder to vote as an owner of business.
- The cumulative voting preferred stock remains voting until all cumulative dividends are paid.
Noun
voting (plural votings)
- The act or process of choosing someone or something in an election.
- The act or process of casting a vote.
- 2016, Justin Deschamps, Voting, in and of itself, is not evil. But when there are only evils to choose from …[1]:
- Voting, in and of itself, is not evil. But when there are only evils to choose from, we need to seek another choice.
- 1806–1820, William Cobbett, Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the Year 1803
- The eyes of the people have been some time opened; they will observe, they will judge of our votings in this cause; and expect from us, as we have put a stop to unjust and exorbitant power abroad, that we should neither suffer nor endure it
- 2020 July 13, Austin Ramzy, Elaine Yu, Tiffany May, “Hong Kong Voters Defy Beijing, Endorsing Protest Leaders in Primary”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 July 2020[3]:
- Sage Ip, a 29-year-old flight attendant who cast her ballot on Sunday in the Sai Ying Pun district, said she voted in the primary because she was worried that she would never get a chance to do so again. “Voting is something that is still within our capacity. We can’t express ourselves at protests anymore.”
Verb
voting
- present participle and gerund of vote
Derived terms
- absentee voting
- approval voting
- bullet voting
- carousel voting
- cemetery voting
- crossover voting
- cumulative voting
- dollar voting
- early voting
- e-voting
- foot voting
- ghost voting
- instant-runoff voting
- like turkeys voting for an early Christmas
- like turkeys voting for Christmas
- namevoting
- nonvoting
- positional voting
- preferential voting
- proxy voting
- ranked voting
- tactical voting
- voice voting
- voting booth
- voting cap
- voting machine
- voting paper
- voting slip
- voting station
- voting stock
- voting system
Translations
action of the verb to vote
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