casting-vote
11casting vote — noun the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie • Hypernyms: ↑vote, ↑ballot, ↑voting, ↑balloting * * * ˌcasting ˈvote noun usually singular the vote given by the person in charge of an official meeting to decide an …
12casting vote — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms casting vote : singular casting vote plural casting votes the vote that gives one group a majority when the other votes are equally divided. The person in charge of a committee, for example, often has the right …
13casting vote — /ˌkɑ:stɪŋ vəυt/ noun a vote used by the chairman in the case where the votes for and against a proposal are equal ● The chairman has the casting vote. ● He used his casting vote to block the motion …
14casting vote — Literally, the act of depositing a paper ballot or voting upon a voting machine, but in modern usage, the term means the expression of a choice in any election to choose officers or determine policies and by any means appropriate for the occasion …
15casting vote — A second or deciding vote. It is common practice to give the chairman of a meeting a second vote to be used to resolve a deadlock. In the case of a company meeting, the chairman is generally given this right by the articles of association, but… …
16casting vote — the deciding vote of the presiding officer of a deliberative body, made when the other votes are equally divided. Also called casting voice. [1685 95] * * * …
17casting vote — cast′ing vote′ n. gov the deciding vote of a presiding officer, made when the other votes are equally divided • Etymology: 1685–95 …
18casting vote — noun Date: 1678 a deciding vote cast by a presiding officer to break a tie …
19casting vote — deciding vote cast to break a tie …
20casting vote — noun an extra vote used by a chairperson to decide an issue when votes on each side are equal. Origin C17: from an obs. sense of cast turn the scale …
