1. A sheet of paper or a card used to cast or register a vote, especially a secret one. 2. The act, process, or method of voting, especially in secret. 3. A list of candidates running for office; a ticket. 4. The total of all votes cast in an election. 5. The right to vote; franchise. 6. A small ball once used to register a secret vote.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: bal·lot·ed, bal·lot·ing, bal·lots 1. To cast a ballot; vote. 2. To draw lots.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian ballotta, a small ball used to register a vote, diminutive of dialectal balla, ball, of Germanic origin. See bhel-2 in Appendix I.
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