vote

A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.

• The city council decided the matter should go to public vote.
• Parliament will hold a vote of confidence regarding the minister.

An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.

• The Supreme Court upheld the principle of one person, one vote.

An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.obsolete

• Jol[ante]. In you, Sir, / I live; and when, or by the Courſe of Nature, / Or Violence you muſt fall, the End of my / Devotions is, that one and the ſame Hour / May make us fit for Heaven. // Server. I join with you / In my votes that way: [

A formalized petition or request.obsolete

Any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view.obsolete

Any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published.

• dissenting vote (i.e. in particular the differing opinion published with a judicial judgment considered as a source of information)

a spending area or group of appropriations within the national budget, representing specific sectors, departments or functional areas.New-Zealand

• Votes are an appropriation or groupings of appropriations. Appropriations are parliamentary authorisation for the Crown or an Office of Parliament to incur expenses or capital expenditure that are administered by Ministers of the Crown or t

To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.intransitive

• Q: Did you vote last month? A: Yes. I voted for John Smith, and it's a shame that he lost; you can't blame me for the mess we're in now.
• The directors voted on the question of whether to increase the R&D spending.

To choose or grant (some objective) by means of a vote, or by general consent.transitive

• The directors voted an increase in R&D spending.
• The meal was voted a great success.

To exercise one's voting right upon (a ballot or a share of stock).transitive

• vote your ballot
• vote your shares