votable


vote

V0148700 (vōt)n.1. a. A formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue: Let's decide the matter by vote.b. The act of voting: It took several votes to decide the matter.c. A means by which such a preference is made known, such as a raised hand or a marked ballot: looked around the room and counted the votes in favor.2. The number of votes cast in an election or to resolve an issue: a heavy vote in favor of the bill.3. A group of voters alike in some way: the African-American vote; the rural vote.4. The result of an election or referendum: The measure was defeated in a resounding negative vote.5. The right to participate as a voter; suffrage: when the nation gave the vote to women.v. vot·ed, vot·ing, votes v.intr.1. To express one's preference for a candidate or for a proposed resolution of an issue; cast a vote: voting against the measure.2. To express a choice or an opinion: The children voted unanimously by jumping up and down.v.tr.1. To express one's preference for by vote: voted the straight Republican ticket.2. To decide the disposition of by vote, as by electing or defeating: vote in a new mayor; voted out their representative; vote down the amendment.3. To bring into existence or make available by vote: vote new funds for a program.4. To be guided by in voting: vote one's conscience.5. To declare or pronounce by general consent: voted the play a success.6. Informal To state as a preference or opinion: I vote we eat out tonight.Idiom: vote with (one's) feet Informal To indicate a preference or an opinion by leaving or entering a particular locale: "If older cities are allowed to decay and contract, can citizens who vote with their feet ... hope to find better conditions anywhere else?" (Melinda Beck).
[Middle English, vow, from Latin vōtum, from neuter past participle of vovēre, to vow.]
vot′a·ble, vote′a·ble adj.

vot•a•ble

or vote•a•ble

(ˈvoʊ tə bəl)

adj. capable of being voted upon.