to conduct a poll
1poll — n. 1) to conduct, take a poll 2) (AE) an exit poll (taken of voters leaving the voting booths) 3) (esp. AE) a straw ( unofficial ) poll 4) a public opinion poll 5) a poll among (to conduct a poll among students) * * * [pɒl] take a poll (esp. AE)… …
2poll — Voting method where every holder present has a number of votes which corresponds to the number of securities it holds. Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary * * * ▪ I. poll poll 1 [pəʊl ǁ poʊl] noun [countable] 1. an occasion when a large… …
3conduct — ▪ I. conduct con‧duct 1 [kənˈdʌkt] verb [transitive] 1. to manage or organize something: • In future, Mr O Reilly will conduct his business within the rules and regulations. • The Special Fund may, in his name, conduct legal transactions and… …
4Poll average — A poll average is the result of someone taking the combined information from many different opinion polls that deal with the same issue and synthesizing the information into a new set of numbers. [Lynch, Scott M. Introduction to Bayesian… …
5poll — 1 noun 1 (C) a) an attempt to find out what the public think about something, especially about a political subject, done by questioning a large number of people; opinion poll: Another poll asked respondents if they favoured nuclear power. | carry …
6poll — I UK [pəʊl] / US [poʊl] noun [countable] Word forms poll : singular poll plural polls ** 1) an occasion when a lot of people are asked what they feel about something, usually by a company paid by a political party, television programme etc They… …
7poll — poll1 [ poul ] noun count ** 1. ) an occasion when a lot of people are asked their opinions about something, usually by a company paid by a political party, television program, etc.: They re worried about the candidate s present low standing in… …
8poll — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, VAT, abbreviate, abridge, abstract, ad valorem duty, agenda, alcohol tax, amusement tax, ask, assessment on default, aye, ballot, ballot box, balloting place, beadroll, bean, belfry, bob …
9poll — I (canvass) noun capitation, catalogue of persons, census, census report, census return, count, enumeration, evaluation, inquiry, numbering, numeration, public opinion, questionary, questionnaire, register, registration, return, statistic, survey …
10conduct research on — index examine (study), peruse, poll, probe Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
