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balancing the ticket

balancing the ticket is the present participle and gerund of balance the ticket.

Meaning of balance the ticket

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.

Questions about balancing the ticket

What is balancing the ticket the present participle and gerund of?
Balancing the ticket is the present participle and gerund of balance the ticket.

Words near balancing the ticket in the dictionary

  1. balancing act
  2. balancing acts
  3. balancing out
  4. balancing the books
  5. balancing the sheets
  6. balancing the ticket
  7. balancings
  8. balanda
  9. balandas
  10. balander
  11. balanders

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