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ballotation

ballotation noun: voting by ballot.

Noun

ballotation (countable and uncountable, plural ballotations)

  1. (obsolete) Voting by ballot.
    • a. 1639, Henry Wotton, a letter
      In the first Ballotation, the Balls were equal: in the second, there was one Ball more (as they say) in the negative Box

Forms of ballotation

pluralballotations

Origin of ballotation

From ballot + -ation.

Questions about ballotation

What does ballotation mean?
Ballotation means voting by ballot.
What part of speech is ballotation?
Ballotation is a noun.
What is the plural of ballotation?
The plural of ballotation is ballotations.

Words near ballotation in the dictionary

  1. ballotable
  2. ballotade
  3. ballotades
  4. ballotage
  5. ballotages
  6. ballotation
  7. ballotations
  8. ballotechnic
  9. ballotechnics
  10. balloted
  11. ballotee

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