单词 | casting vote |
释义 | casting votenounthe deciding vote of the presiding officer of a deliberative body, made when the other votes are equally divided. Also called casting voice . Origin of casting voteFirst recorded in 1685–95 Words nearby casting voteCastillo, casting, casting couch, casting director, casting rod, casting vote, casting wheel, cast in one's lot, cast in stone, cast in the same mold, cast iron Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for casting voteBritish Dictionary definitions for casting votecasting vote nounthe deciding vote used by the presiding officer of an assembly when votes cast on both sides are equal in number Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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