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voting cap

voting cap noun: a limit on the percentage of the total vote that voters of a particular classification can make.

Noun

voting cap (plural voting caps)

  1. A limit on the percentage of the total vote that voters of a particular classification can make.
    • When a company is in 'imminent danger', voting cap restrictions could be used.2003, The Economics of the Proposed European Takeover Directive, →ISBN, page 12
    • Even though, the voting cap differs from the principle of democratic participation embodied in the 'one man, one vote' rule, it introduces a hybrid decision-making model which allows members/shareholders to achieve balance and democracy in the decision-making processes of the general assembly.2015, Volker Mauerhofer, Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development, →ISBN

Forms of voting cap

pluralvoting caps

Words that rhyme with voting cap

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Questions about voting cap

What does voting cap mean?
Voting cap means a limit on the percentage of the total vote that voters of a particular classification can make.
What part of speech is voting cap?
Voting cap is a noun.
What is the plural of voting cap?
The plural of voting cap is voting caps.

Words near voting cap in the dictionary

  1. Votians
  2. Votic
  3. voting
  4. voting booth
  5. voting booths
  6. voting cap
  7. voting caps
  8. voting down
  9. voting in
  10. voting machine
  11. voting machines

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