Ballot Definition
bălət
balloting, ballots
noun
ballots
A sheet of paper or a card used to cast or register a vote, especially a secret one.
American Heritage
A ball.
Webster's New World
The act, process, or method of voting, especially in secret.
American Heritage
Now, a paper, form, electronic document, etc., by which a vote is registered.
Webster's New World
A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
American Heritage
verb
balloting
To cast a ballot; vote.
American Heritage
To decide by means of the ballot; vote.
Webster's New World
To vote or decide by ballot.
To ballot for a candidate.
Wiktionary
Origin of Ballot
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Italian ballotta a small ball used to register a vote diminutive of dialectal balla ball of Germanic origin bhel-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Italian ballotta, a small ball used to register a vote. Not voting. The ballota was a ball drawn from an urn to select at random, by lottery, a person for a role.
From Wiktionary
Ref: See, for instance, p166 J J Norwich, 'History of Venice' Penguin 1983
From Wiktionary
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