ballotとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Italian balota (obsolete), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to register a vote”), from balla (“bale, bundle”) + -otta (suffix forming diminutive nouns); or from Middle French balote (obsolete), ballotte (“small ball used to register a vote”) (also compare Middle French balotiage, French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz (“ball”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbælət/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈbælət/
• ハイフネーション: bal‧lot
• 韻: -ælət

名詞

ballot (plural ballots)

1. (originally) A small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
   • 2020 September 14, Richard H. Pildes, “The three words that can avert an election nightmare”, in CNN‎:

     Imagine if the outcome in Michigan is close, and 75% of Biden supporters vote absentee, yet 10% or more of those ballots are rejected.

   • 2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN‎:

     In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.

2. The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
   • July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections

     the insufficiency of the ballot

   • 2023 March 9, Mel Holley, “TSSA accepts offer, but RMT sets new strike dates”, in RAIL, number 978, page 11:

     In the TSSA ballot, 80% of management grade and 60% of general grade members voted to accept, on an overall turnout of 57%.

3. The total of all the votes cast in an election.
4. (chiefly US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.

同意語

• (paper or card used to cast a vote): ballot paper, voting slip

派生語

動詞

ballot (third-person singular simple present ballots, present participle balloting, simple past and past participle balloted)

1. (intransitive) To vote or decide by ballot.

   to ballot for a candidate

2. (intransitive) To draw lots.
3. (transitive) To invite to vote on a proposal.

   The trade union balloted its members for strike action.

派生語

• reballot

参考

• blackballing (also derived from the old practice of using balls to vote)

Further reading

• ballot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia