ballots
ballots is the plural of ballot.
ballots is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ballot.
Meaning of ballot
Noun
ballot (plural ballots)
- A small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
- Imagine if the outcome in Michigan is close, and 75% of Biden supporters vote absentee, yet 10% or more of those ballots are rejected.2020 September 14, Richard H. Pildes, “The three words that can avert an election nightmare”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- ballot paper, voting slip
- The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
- July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections
the insufficiency of the ballot
- July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections
- The total of all the votes cast in an election.
- A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
Phrases with ballots
- long ballots
- paper ballots
- short ballots
- straw ballots
- bullet ballots
- jungle ballots
- postal ballots
- ranked ballots
- secret ballots
- blanket ballots
- absentee ballots
- bedsheet ballots
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Questions about ballots
- What is ballots the plural of?
- Ballots is the plural of ballot.
Words near ballots in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ballots (page history and authors); ballot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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