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balance the ticket

balance the ticket verb: to pick a vice-presidential candidate who represents a different constituency than the presidential candidate.

Verb

balance the ticket (third-person singular simple present balances the ticket, present participle balancing the ticket, simple past and past participle balanced the ticket)

  1. (US) To pick a vice-presidential candidate who represents a different constituency than the presidential candidate.

Forms of balance the ticket

third-person singular presentbalances the ticket
present participlebalancing the ticket
past participlebalanced the ticket
pastbalanced the ticket

Questions about balance the ticket

What does balance the ticket mean?
Balance the ticket means to pick a vice-presidential candidate who represents a different constituency than the presidential candidate.
What part of speech is balance the ticket?
Balance the ticket is a verb.
What is the past tense of balance the ticket?
The past tense of balance the ticket is balanced the ticket.

Words near balance the ticket in the dictionary

  1. balance sheet equation
  2. balance sheet equations
  3. balance sheets
  4. balance the books
  5. balance the sheets
  6. balance the ticket
  7. balance transfer
  8. balance transfers
  9. balance up
  10. balance weight
  11. balance weights

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