Ballot | Mean of ballot in English Dictionary

/ˈbælət/

• Noun
• a ticket or piece of paper used to vote in an election
1. a paper ballot = (Brit) a ballot paper
2. The issue was on the ballot in November. [=people voted to support or oppose the issue in the November election]
3. I cast my ballot [=voted] for the new candidate.
• a process that allows people to vote in secret so that other people cannot see their votes
1. They cast their votes in a secret ballot.
2. She was elected by secret ballot.
• the total number of votes in an election
1. He won 65 percent of the ballot. [=vote]

• an election
1. He claims that his opponent won by rigging the ballot. [=by rigging the election; by dishonestly controlling the results of the election]
• Verb
• to ask (people) to decide something by voting
1. Union members were balloted [=polled] about whether to accept the company's offer.