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equivote

equivote noun: a hung vote, one having an equal number of votes cast on each side of the question.

Noun

equivote (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete, rare) A hung vote, one having an equal number of votes cast on each side of the question.
    • […] and in case of an equivote, the question shall determine on that side, on which the presiding member shall have voted.1885, Leonard Woods, History of the Andover Theological Seminary, page 264

Origin of equivote

From equi- + vote.

Questions about equivote

What does equivote mean?
Equivote means a hung vote, one having an equal number of votes cast on each side of the question.
What part of speech is equivote?
Equivote is a noun.

Words near equivote in the dictionary

  1. equivoluminal
  2. equivoluminally
  3. equivoque
  4. equivoques
  5. equivorous
  6. equivote
  7. equivs.
  8. equoid
  9. equoids
  10. equol
  11. equulei

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