单词 | to have voice in |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (also †bear) voice in b. Originally: the right or privilege of speaking or voting in a legislative assembly. More generally: the right or privilege of exercising control or influence over something; influence, sway. Chiefly in to have (also †bear) voice in. Cf. sense 3b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] powerc1300 authorityc1405 voice1433 swaya1510 gravity1534 force1582 bias1587 interest1600 prevalence1612 prevailance1631 pondus1638 prevailancya1649 prevailency1650 influence1652 prevalency1652 weight1710 prevailingness1757 holding1770 mojo1923 clout1958 muscle1965 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > right to speak in voice1433 saying1487 1433 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 479/2 Not to be made free, ne herde, ne bere no voice in no maner assemble of the seid Comyns. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 27 §11 No merchaunt..[shall] bere eny voyce ne have eny sayngs in eny Courte..wythin oure seid Staple. 1525 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 1527 (1883) 97 That he be chosin be fremen, and na servandis till have voce amangis maisteris in ony materis. 1581 W. Allen Apol. Two Eng. Colleges f. 38v The Parliament is a mere temporal Court, the Bishops them selues hauing voice there no otherwise but as Barons of the Realme. 1666 in J. Bulloch Pynours (1887) 70 The Master of Impost..to have voce and consent of the distribution of the moneyes belonging thervnto. 1697 View Penal Laws 323 Persons having Voice or Vote to such Election. 1707 A. Lauder Anc. Bishops Consider'd 375 They should have no Elective Voice in the Choosing of a Bishop or Minister. 1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 45 Man, thus endued with an elective voice, Must be supplied with objects of his choice. 1873 A. Helps Some Talk about Animals & their Masters v. 114 If we had more voice in the management of affairs. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars iv. 185 The parishioners had more voice in the matter than they have now. 1920 J. G. Brooks Labor's Challenge to Social Order vii. 115 They are in some manner to have voice in choosing directors and in deciding policies. 1958 Times 20 Sept. 5/1 At the earliest opportunity our party must have voice in the Parliaments of the Federation. 1989 Marketing 9 Mar. 34/4 Small, growing brands need to achieve a share of voice above their sales share, if gains are to be made. 2001 Sociol. Relig. 62 136/1 Catholics..were..dissatisfied with the extent to which women had voice in decision-making bodies of parishes and dioceses. < as lemmas |
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