CASTING VOTE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of casting vote in English casting votenoun [ S ] uk /ˌkɑː.stɪŋ ˈvəʊt/ us /ˌkæs.tɪŋ ˈvoʊt/ Add to word list Add to word list a single vote, given by the person in charge of a meeting if the number of votes about something is equal, that decides the matter Elections
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  • For until you have a Chairman elected, there is no Chairman to give a casting vote. 
  • He presides in the senate, in which he has only a casting vote. 
  • I never enjoyed any thing so much as our illumination when Mr. Clay gave his casting vote, and carried Congress. 
  • It chanced that Rose had the casting vote. 
  • So she herself was left with the casting vote, and chose to go on! 
(Definition of casting vote from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

casting vote | Business English

casting votenoun [ S ] uk us Add to word list Add to word list MEETINGS a single vote by the person in charge of a meeting, which is used to decide a question if the number of votes on each side is equal: If there is a tie in the final round between the top two contenders, the president of the association will have the casting vote. (Definition of casting vote from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of casting vote

casting vote It by any chance the votes should be even, does this provision not exclude the casting vote of the chairman? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot see that the casting vote would do more than give a chance of making a decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think, for instance, that the chairman should have a casting vote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The voting was equal, and the chairman had to give a casting vote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The use by the chairman of his casting vote, when members were evenly divided over the application, was also criticised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be fixed either with or without the casting vote of the chairman, but it will be the minimum for the district. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is, of course, essential in the earlier stages that he should have a casting vote, for he is not then giving a determining decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The chairman may take part in the discussion, and if the parties are irreconcilable he may be unwilling to give a casting vote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some members of principal executive committees could have their right to a casting vote removed, when they could no longer be subjected to this procedure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means that a clause that affects people's right to demonstrate—a basic democratic right—was carried on a casting vote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is run on the casting vote of the chair of the committees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How is the casting vote exercised so as to keep the matter under discussion? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On half-a-dozen occasions, he used his casting vote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where there are votes on an issue, the simple and well-understood principle of the casting vote will apply. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a quorum of three the chairman would still be able to exercise his casting vote in any difference of opinion which might arise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of casting vote These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of casting vote?

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in Chinese (Traditional) (贊成票與反對票相等時會議主席所投的)決定性一票… See more in Chinese (Simplified) (赞成票与反对票相等时会议主席所投的)决定性一票… See more in Spanish voto de calidad… See more in Portuguese voto de Minerva, voto de qualidade… See more in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian voix prépondérante… See more etkin oy, başkanlık oyu… See more beslissende stem… See more rozhodující hlas… See more afgørende stemme… See more suara menentukan… See more คำตัดสินชี้ขาดของประชาชนที่ประชุมเนื่องจากแต่ละฝ่ายมีคะแนนเท่ากัน… See more phiếu quyết định… See more decydujący… See more utslagsröst… See more undi penentu… See more die entscheidende Stimme… See more lederens dobbeltstemme… See more вирішальний… See more Need a translator?

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