4 N‑SING If you have the vote in an election, or have a vote in a meeting, you have the legal right to indicate your choice. □ Before that, women did not have a vote at all.
5 VERB When you vote , you indicate your choice officially at a meeting or in an election, for example by raising your hand or writing on a piece of paper. □ [V ] Two-thirds of the electorate had the chance to vote in these elections. □ [V prep] It seems many people would vote for the government, if there was a new leader. □ [V to-inf] The residents of Leningrad voted to restore the city's original name of St Petersburg. □ [V by n to-inf/prep] The board of trustees voted by majority vote to remove the director. □ [V num + for ] The council voted 9:8 for a five percent tax increase. ● vot|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ Voting began about two hours ago.
6 VERB If you vote a particular political party or leader, or vote yes or no , you make that choice with the vote that you have. □ [V n] 52.5% of those questioned said they'd vote Labour. □ [V yes ] A single candidate is put forward and the people vote yes or no. [Also V no ]
7 VERB If people vote someone a particular title, they choose that person to have that title. □ [V n n] His class voted him the man 'who had done the most for Yale.'.
8 → see also block vote
9 PHRASE If you vote with your feet , you show that you do not support something by leaving the place where it is happening or leaving the organization that is supporting it. □ Thousands of citizens are already voting with their feet, and leaving the country.
10 PHRASE If you say ' I vote that ' a particular thing should happen, you are suggesting that this is what should happen. [INFORMAL ] □ I vote that we all go to Holland immediately.
11 PHRASE One man one vote or one person one vote is a system of voting in which every person in a group or country has the right to cast their vote, and in which each individual's vote is counted and has equal value. □ We have a democratic voting system of one man one vote.
▸ vote in PHRASAL VERB If people vote in a particular person or political party, they give enough votes to that person or party in an official election for them to hold a position of power. □ [V n P ] If he fails, then he will have little excuse in the eyes of those who voted him in. □ [V P n] The members of the national assembly will vote in a prime minister by a simple majority.
▸ vote out PHRASAL VERB If people vote out a particular person or political party, they give that person or party so few votes in an official election that they no longer hold a position of power. □ [V n P ] And if the President doesn't make things better, other voters say, we'll vote him out, too. □ [V n P + of ] They cannot join forces to vote her out of office. □ [V P n] And of course we all know we can vote out our councillors. SYNONYMS vote NOUN 1
polclass="underline" Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark.
election: …the first fully free elections for more than fifty years.
ballot: The result of the ballot will not be known for two weeks.
referendum: Estonia said it too planned to hold a referendum on independence.
vo te of co n|fi|dence (votes of confidence )
1 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A vote of confidence is a vote in which members of a group are asked to indicate that they still support the person or group in power, usually the government. □ [+ in ] The Prime Minister lost a vote of confidence in Parliament.
2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A vote of confidence is something that you say or do which shows that you approve of or support a person or a group. □ [+ in ] The merger represented a vote of confidence in Internet stocks.
vo te of no co n|fi|dence (votes of no confidence ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] A vote of no confidence is a vote in which members of a group are asked to indicate that they do not support the person or group in power, usually the government. □ [+ in ] The opposition has called for a vote of no confidence in the government.
vo te of tha nks (votes of thanks ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something. □ [+ to ] I would like to propose a vote of thanks to our host.
vot|er ◆◆◇ /voʊ tə r / (voters ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Voters are people who have the legal right to vote in elections, or people who are voting in a particular election. □ Austrian voters went to the polls this weekend to elect a successor to the President.
vouch /vaʊ tʃ/ (vouches , vouching , vouched )
▸ vouch for
1 PHRASAL VERB If you say that you can or will vouch for someone, you mean that you can guarantee their good behaviour. □ [V P n] Kim's mother agreed to vouch for Maria and get her a job.
2 PHRASAL VERB If you say that you can vouch for something, you mean that you have evidence from your own personal experience that it is true or correct. □ [V P n] He cannot vouch for the accuracy of the story.
vouch|er /vaʊ tʃə r / (vouchers ) N‑COUNT [n N ] A voucher is a ticket or piece of paper that can be used instead of money to pay for something. □ …gift vouchers.
vouch|safe /vaʊ tʃse I f/ (vouchsafes , vouchsafing , vouchsafed ) VERB If you are vouchsafed something or it is vouchsafed to you, you are given or granted it. [FORMAL ] □ [be V -ed n] As we approached the summit, we were vouchsafed a rare vision. □ [V n n] Eric gritted his teeth and vouchsafed them a few more drops of brandy. □ [V n] 'He drives like a madman,' was all the information he vouchsafed. [Also V n + to ]