ballotedadj.
/ˈbalətᵻd/, U.S. /ˈbælədəd/ Selected by ballot or lot; (also) subjected to a ballot.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [adjective] > voted > secretly
balloted1771
1771 E. Burke Let. 28 Mar. in Corr. (1960) II. 206 The Ministry have got a ballotted Committee to sit during the holidays.
1799 Times 11 Dec. 3/1 The balloted men marched on Friday from Newcastle to Tynemouth.
1819 Times 9 Feb. 3/5 The measure of thus adding a member to a ballotted committee was unprecedented.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. xiv. 298 Plainly a ballotted soldier.
1917 Times 7 Sept. 5/1 The splendid spirit in which the balloted men have ‘played the game’.
1959 P. G. Richards Hon. Members x. 201 Roughly half the balloted Bills still fail to become law.
1984 Times 24 Apr. 13/1 A union in which there could be no national strike without the balloted endorsement of the membership as a whole.
2006 Daily News (New Plymouth, N.Z.) (Nexis) 3 Mar. 19 Wahid has drawn out at barrier 18 of 23 acceptors, but..could come in up to five places when the balloted horses..come out on race morning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1771- to treasure up
- to treat 'em rough
- to treat a etc with or to
- to treat a person like a lord
- to treat a person with or to
- to treat au grand sérieux
- to treat like a lord
- to treat with or to
- to tremble as a leaf
- to tremble like a leaf
- to trench at
- to trench beaver
- to trench down
- to trench into
- to trench into unto
- to trench on or upon
- to trench the ballast
- to trench to
- to trench to unto
- to trench too near
- to trench too nigh
- to trench up
- to trepass this life
- to triage out
- to trice one out of