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单词 balloting
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ballotingn.

Brit. /ˈbalətɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbælədɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s ballottyng, 1500s– balloting, 1600s baletting, 1600s ballating, 1600s ballatinge, 1600s ballotynge, 1600s–1700s balleting, 1600s–1700s balletting, 1600s–1700s baloting, 1600s– ballotting.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ballot v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < ballot v. + -ing suffix1. Compare Middle French balotement voting by ballot (1586). Compare ballotation n.
1. Voting by ballot; an instance of this, a ballot.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > secret voting
ballot1549
balloting1549
ballotation1606
billeting1662
ballotry1708
1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 77v Many haue reported, that the Duke in ballottyng shoulde haue two voices.
1591 H. Barrow Plaine Refut. Giffardes Bk. ii. 77 This balloting by suffrage or plurality of voyces might well be a custome amongst the heathen in their popular gouernmentes, but yt is vnhearde of and vnsufferable in the Church of Christ.
1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 175 After the many tours, that the matter made in the many Ballotings, it came to the fixing of the last three out of whom the Doge was to be chosen.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 136 They manage all by Baloting.
1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 13 They always maintained a Majority in their own favour at all ballotings.
1838 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. 1 238 They passed a resolution that the balloting should be continued without the adjournment of the House.
1870 Daily News 23 Nov. In 182 electoral colleges a second balloting will be necessary.
1958 Times 27 Oct. 8/1 The obvious conclusion that can be drawn from the negative balloting is that the cardinals are having no easy task in agreeing on a Pope.
2003 New Republic 1 Sept. 10/1 Even some of Putin's aides have given up hope of progress until after the balloting.
2. Selection by ballot; drawing of lots.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > choosing by casting lots
lotOE
cutc1325
sortc1386
sortition1597
sortilege1600
ballotinga1618
sortilegy1643
ballota1680
sortilegium1858
a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1644) 56 To elect Magistrates..by Lot or Ballating.
1699 Def. Vind. Chas. I 25 We must go to balleting for the Controversie, and take the Papers as they arise.
1762 Laws N.Y. II. 245 The Commissioners, before the Allotment and Balloting of the Residue of such Tracts shall..lay out and allot to the original Rights, to which such disputed Allotments respectively belong.
1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 51 That no constable..should have any authority in balloting of soldiers.
1804 Times 27 Apr. 2/3 Opposition have..complained that the balloting for the Militia and the Army of Reserve, had almost precluded the means of recruiting it by bounty.
1932 Times 17 Feb. 9/4 The balloting was performed in the High Court, and the juryman corresponding to the number drawn, if unchallenged, was summoned..to take his place in the jury-box.
1984 Rev. Politics 46 553 Balloting for land..has been regularly used, especially in colonial or newly developing societies.
2004 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 14 Mar. O'Brien's next task is..to discuss the ballotting which is expected to take place... ‘Only 24 [horses] will be allowed to run.’

Compounds

attributive with sense ‘of or relating to balloting, used in or for balloting’, as balloting ball, balloting book, balloting box, balloting glass, balloting paper, etc.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > means of signifying choice > vessel for holding
urn1513
balloting box1620
balloting glass1620
ballot boxa1677
the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > means of signifying choice > voting-paper > balloting-book
balloting book1620
1620 Court Bk. 22 Feb. in S. M. Kingsbury Rec. Virginia Company (1906) 315 The Ballatinge Box standinge vppon the Table.
1622 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 100 To trie the sayde election by the ballotynge box.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 8 The Supreme Magistracy of the State-Inquisitors [of Venice], could with three Balletting Balls, easily bury alive any Cesar or Pompey, which began to discover himself in that well-governed State.
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 34 Each Freeholder drops into the Baletting Box one Bowle..And for chusing of Parliamentmen and all publick Votes in Corporations, it were happy it were so.
1700 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 628 Each member put into the balloting glasse [a] list of 13 commissioners.
1800 Ann. Reg. 1797 (Otridge ed.) Chron. 2/1 The balloting books..they carried off in triumph.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 403/1 A balloting-paper.
1877 Times 13 June 9/4 The issue is to be sought in balloting urns, and not across barricades.
1936 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 28 Apr. 5/5 The total of votes being rolled up for those who are today near the top of the balloting list.
1938 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 58 110/2 A funnel-like top, into which the balloting balls were poured unseen from a jug.
2001 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 29 Dec. (Neighbor section) 1 By the time the April local elections rolled around, the county had installed higher-tech optical-scanning balloting boxes at half of all precincts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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