ballot

1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting. 2. The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets. The insufficiency of the ballot. Dickens. 3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district. Ballot box, a box for receiving ballots. To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate. To vote for or in opposition to. None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others. Sir H. Wotton.

Length: 6Scrabble® value: 8Words With Friends® value: 11

Numerology value: 8 (Pythagorean letter-sum). See what this number means on NumberAngel.

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