society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > vote > pair with member to vote (2)
intransitive. To be equal (with) in a contest, etc.
Politics. transitive. To bring (one member of a legislative assembly, etc.) together with another to form a pair for a vote (also occasionally with ag…