to vote nay
21nay — UK [neɪ] / US interjection 1) an old word meaning no or not 2) an old word used for correcting yourself when you think of a better way of expressing something 3) formal used for saying no when you vote in a group of people. The word for yes is… …
22It is no nay — Nay Nay, n.; pl. {Nays}. 1. Denial; refusal. [1913 Webster] 2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative. [1913 Webster] {It is no nay}, there is no denying it. [Obs.] haucer. [1913 Webster] …
23Division (vote) — Division of the house is a parliamentary mechanism which calls for a rising vote, wherein the members of the house literally divide into groups indicating a vote in favour of or in opposition to a motion on the floor. This was the method used to… …
24voice vote — noun : a parliamentary vote taken by calling for ayes and noes and estimating which response is stronger instead of by individual ballot or roll call compare rising vote, division 17 * * * a vote based on estimation of the relative strength of… …
25straw vote — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, aye, ballot, barometer, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, division, enfranchisement, fagot vote, feeler, franchise, graveyard vote,… …
26Voice vote — A voice vote in a legislative body refers to a vote taken on a topic where the participants merely respond verbally to a question with a spoken yea (yes), nay (no), or present (abstain) vote. Typically the chairperson or speaker of the assembly… …
27Up or down vote — An up or down vote refers to a direct vote in the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate on an amendment or bill; it is sometimes referred to as a clean vote . Members simply vote yea or nay on it. Depending upon the rules of order for… …
28voice vote — noun A vote that is held by members calling out aye or nay, used in cases where result is not contested or at least not close and a count is not needed to determine if the motion passes …
29dissent — Synonyms and related words: Evangelicalism, Protestantism, Reform, Zwinglianism, abnegation, aggressiveness, agree to differ, agree to disagree, antagonism, antipathy, apostasy, argumentation, averseness, aversion, backlash, backwardness, balk,… …
30negative — Synonyms and related words: Cassandra like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, Ditto copy, Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, abjuratory, abnegate, abnegation, abnegative, abolish, abrogate, absolute veto, adversary, adversative, adverse, algorismic,… …
