单词 | non-voting |
释义 | non-votingn. Refusal or failure to vote, esp. in a government election; the practice of not voting. ΚΠ 1846 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Dec. 419/1 Minor questions decided..through the non-voting of those who placed a veto on federal pretensions in 1844, should be considered as a reversion of that decision. 1848 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 125 I do not agree with the abolitionists in their disunion and non-voting theories. 1934 J. P. Harris Election Admin. in U.S. i. 2 It is not advocated..that the problem of non-voting can be solved by making elections more convenient. 2001 Bristol Observer (Electronic ed.) 15 June Tory candidate Carrie Ruxton blamed non-voting or tactical voting for the disappointing end to an upbeat campaign. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). non-votingadj. 1. That does not vote or is not entitled to vote. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [adjective] > not having a vote unburgessed1671 unenfranchised1832 unfranchised1832 unvoting1839 non-voting1846 disfranchised1865 1846 Amer. Rev. Nov. 446/2 We beg the most serious attention to this appeal to the intelligence and conscience of the non-voting portion of our fellow-citizens. 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. viii. 139 His commiserating admirers of the non-voting sex. 1924 C. E. Merriam & H. F. Gosnell Non-voting i. 9 Three types of non-voters may be distinguished in the community: (1) the non-naturalized, (2) the non-registered, and (3) the registered and non-voting citizen. 1969 Punch 1 Jan. 26/3 It is now working a good deal harder and will work even harder still when the reforms with their two-tier system of voting and non-voting but speaking Peers come into force. 1995 Independent 8 Nov. 12/3 I'm a non-voting American tax-payer and I've got a plane to catch. 2. That does not entitle its holder to a vote; (esp. in Business) designating a share in a company that carries no right to vote at its general meetings. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [adjective] > types of securities > type of share inscribed1882 non-voting1883 no-load1959 light1981 1883 Commerc. & Financial Chron. 6 Jan. 2/1 When new shares..were issued in exchange for the old shares.., each holder of the latter received voting stock for only one-half his original holdings, while for the other half he was compelled to accept non-voting stock. 1912 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 27 205 Such stock..was ordered to be allotted one half in the voting, and one half in the non-voting issues. 1926 Atlantic Jan. 97/2 The sale to the public of..1,5000,000 nonvoting shares of Class A common stock. 1976 Conservation News Nov.–Dec. 12 That issue contained the application for non-voting tickets for paid-up members not attending as delegates. 1995 Financial Post (Canada) 28 Oct. 2 That would convert the non-voting B shares into voting stock. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846adj.1846 |
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