roll call vote
1roll-call vote — «ROHL KL», a voting or vote by a roll call, of the members of an assembled body, as in a legislature, society, union, etc …
2roll call vote — voting by calling individual names …
3Roll call — is the calling of the names of people from a list (roll) to determine the presence or absence of the listed people (also known as a register in countries such as the UK). The term applies to the calling itself, to the time moment of this… …
4Roll call (disambiguation) — Roll call means calling names from a list to check presence. The term has some other meanings: * Roll Call , an American newspaper, the Newspaper of Capitol Hill * Roll Call (album), an album by girl group IQ * Roll Call , an album by the tenor… …
5roll call — n: the act or an instance of calling off a list of names (as for checking attendance); specif: an act or instance of calling the roll of a legislative body to determine if there is a quorum or to vote on a matter Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… …
6roll call — Synonyms and related words: agenda, beadroll, cadastre, calendar, catalog, census, census report, checklist, checkroll, cloture, committee consideration, debate, deliberation, division, docket, dramatis personae, filibuster, filibustering, filing …
7roll call — 1. the calling of a list of names, as of soldiers or students, for checking attendance. 2. a military signal for this, as one given by a drum. 3. a voting process, esp. in the U.S. Congress, in which legislators are called on by name and allowed… …
8roll — roll1 W3S1 [rəul US roul] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(round object)¦ 2¦(person/animal)¦ 3¦(shape of tube/ball)¦ 4¦(make something flat)¦ 5¦(clothes)¦ 6¦(something with wheels)¦ 7¦(drop of liquid)¦ 8¦(waves/clouds)¦ 9¦(game)¦ 10¦( …
9vote — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
10vote — n 1. ballot, voting ticket, Brit. voting paper, voting ball; show of hands, yeas and nays, count, roll call. 2. voice, say, Chiefly Brit. plumper; suffrage, franchise; referendum, election, poll, plebiscite, voting; placet, Inf. the go ahead; vox …
